A Different Demographic: Americans’ Conservative Shift in Response to the Rise in LGBTQ+ Self-Identification

• In Event: Demographic Variation & Political Preferences

Brief Overview

I test whether there is an increase in conservative attitudes when heterosexual and cisgender Americans are informed about the increase in LGBTQ+ self-identification – and whether this has a greater effect on issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community.

Author

• Brianna Alesia Smith, United States Naval Academy