Gays in the Military: A Thorough Breakdown of Opinions
Hunch.com reports that among its users who have ever served in the military, roughly 1/3 favor a Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell-like policy. 54% of former officers and 57% of former enlisted people favor a completely open policy, while 11% of both groups favor a complete ban. The military’s own poll among active troops indicates about a 30% rate of favoring repeal of DADT, with 51% opposed to a repeal.
Overall opinion of Hunch users:
- 4% do not support gays in the military
- 72% support gays in the military
- 24% support Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Further Breakdown
Hunch broke down the answers by age, gender, continent, political ideology, comfort with technology:
View the full report with more breakdowns »
Fun fact: Equalitopia is also on Hunch. :)
Posted by Dan Leveille on March 2nd, 2010 at 9:35pm
