Edison Research, the firm that conducts national election exit polling for CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC, found that 86% of respondents who identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender voted for Kamala Harris, while 13% voted for Donald Trump. The poll has its limitations. It was only conducted in 10 key states and two randomly selected days before the election to catch early in-person voters. The poll also involved a phone, mobile, text, and email component to capture mail-in voters. The survey involved 22,509 respondents. Related What do we do if Donald Trump wins? What a fascist in the White House could mean for LGBTQ+ rights, and the resistance it could inspire. The same poll in 2020 found that only 64% of LGBT people voted for Joe Biden and 27% voted for Trump. This is lower than the GLAAD/Pathfinder poll conducted shortly after the 2020 election that found that 81% of LGBTQ+ voters voted for Biden. Your LGBTQ+ guide to Election 2024 Stay ahead of the 2024 Election with our newsletter that covers candidates, issues, and perspectives that matter. Subscribe to our Newsletter today If the Edison exit poll in 2024 is an accurate reflection of LGBTQ+ peoples voting patterns, then it shows a strong shift to the left in the LGBTQ+ population in the last four years. This could be because of the non-stop attacks on LGBTQ+ people coming from the right, both in the form of attacks on transgender youths rights to health care and to equal education, as well as the popularization of the groomer slur online, generally directed at any LGBTQ+ person or ally who works with children.A September poll conducted by HRC and Community Marketing & Insights found that 74% of LGBTQ+ people planned to vote for Harris, and only 7.5% planned to vote for Trump, with the rest undecided or voting third-party.Other demographic findings from the exit polls include that women were more likely to vote for Harris at 53% compared to men at 42%. Black people were the racial/ethnic group most likely to vote for Harris (85%), followed by Asian Americans (54%), Latinos (52%), and white people (41%). Harris also did slightly better with people whose 2023 family incomes were over $50,000 (49% vs. Trumps 48%) than those with family incomes lower than $50,000 (47% vs. Trumps 50%). When it came to religion, a majority of Jewish, something else, and none voters cast ballots for Harris, while majorities of Protestants and Catholics voted for Trump. White born-again or evangelical Christians overwhelmingly voted for Trump.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.