Survey: SHOH21

Question:
Think about how competent the typical candidate for Congress is on the following issues. By comparison, how competent would a lesbian woman candidate likely be on education? Would she be much more competent, somewhat more competent, no different, somewhat less competent, or much less competent?

Answers: ( respondents)
Much more competent 4%
Somewhat more competent 2%
No difference 86%
Somewhat less competent 3%
Much less competent 5%

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