Gay marriage isn’t what it used to be, and Democrats may have found something — stem cell research — that trumps it. Ballot initiatives banning gay marriage may have lured more conservative voters to the polls in 11 states, and Bush won all those states except Michigan and Oregon. But in the battleground state of Wisconsin, early polling suggests that gay marriage may be losing some of its Election Day magic — and that Democrats have found a wedge issue of their own with as much or more drawing power.
Quoted, cited: Kathy Cramer Walsh, associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, and the UW-Madison Survey Center
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