Vote No on R71? You're Likely Homophobic.

The Washington Poll, a non-partisan polling project sponsored by the University of Washington, released a breakdown of who was expecting to vote for and against Referendum 71, the "Everything But Marriage" legislation in the days before the election.

Not so surprisingly perhaps, but nonetheless upsetting, is the fact that many of the opponents of R-71 voted against it at least partially because they are bigoted and disagreed with the statement that "Gays and lesbians kissing in public is no different than straight people kissing in public." If you cast your vote based on the type of porn you watch, I'm not sure there is much chance of convincing you that equality is a good thing.

The polling data essentially breaks down just like you would imagine:

• Nearly 70% of Republicans opposed Ref 71
• More than 80% of Democrats supported it
• Voters who oppose I-1033 favor Ref 71
• 61% of college graduates were in favor
• Voters who have a gay friend were overwhelmingly in favor
• Voters who believe being gay is a choice supported it
• Majority of military members opposed R-71

But there were a few surprising details revealed:

• Voters with a military member in the household were overwhelmingly in favor of R71
• Both lower income and higher income voters were MORE likely than the middle class to approve it

This organization also released an report providing an interesting analysis of the evolution of the views of Washington State voters over the last three years, and shows that support for full domestic partnership has been dramatically increasing it's support each of the last three years.

Next up: marriage.