How Donald Trump is trying to win the LGBTQIA+ vote
Trump’s strategy involves a multi-faceted approach that centers around Melania Trump and a grassroots movement of far-right influencers. THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON UNCLOSETED MEDIA A NEW INVESTIGATIVE LGBTQIA+ FOCUSSED NEWS PUBLICATION. WORDS BY SPENCER MACNAUGHTON ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY SAM DONNDELINGER AND E E OLIVER David Leatherwood “got chills” – the good kind – when asked to recount his night at a 2020 LGBTQIA+ fundraiser for former President Donald Trump. “There is nothing like getting a group of 600 gays together under one roof in this fabulous venue with Donald Trump, the Queen of camp, or the King of camp, I guess I should say,” says Leatherwood, who is widely known by his online persona The Brokeback Patriot.
Despite Leatherwood’s enthusiasm, LGBTQIA+ voters have overwhelmingly leaned toward the Democratic candidate throughout history.
The margins have fluctuated throughout the last three election cycles. For example, 27 percent of voters who identified as LGBTQIA+ voted for Trump in 2020, compared to just 14 percent in 2016.
And according to a poll released last month, more than 70 percent of LGBTQIA+ voters indicated that they will be voting for Harris, compared to eight percent who said they’d be voting for Trump.
