‘Pride and Presidents’ Survey: Buttigieg Winning Over Americans
Bospar PR Polled Americans About Pete Buttigieg, Donald Trump and Caitlyn Jenner
SAN FRANCISCO—June 13, 2019—Bospar, the boutique PR firm that puts tech companies on the map, has discovered how Americans feel about the electability of LGBTQIA candidates now that Pete Buttigieg is running for president. Buttigieg is the openly gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
Bospar conducted the survey for the 50th anniversary of Pride Month, polling over 2,000 American adults from May 24-31, 2019. The PR agency discovered that an overwhelming majority of Americans would vote for a straight man (91%) or a straight woman (90%) and that 78% believe the U.S. is ready for a female president.
Is America Ready for an Openly Gay President?
When asked if they would vote for a gay president, 69% said they would. However, a smaller percentage (52%) believe America is ready for an openly gay president.
Of those who would not vote for an openly gay or lesbian president, who was in all other ways their ideal political candidate, top reasons were:
· I don't believe a gay president would have my best interests at heart (38%)
· I believe an openly gay president would make the United States look weak (32%)
· LGBTQIA people go against my religion (30%)
· LGBTQIA people go against nature (23%)
· I am uncomfortable with LGBTQIA people (19%)
A majority of Americans (57%) would also vote for a transgender president. While no transgender candidate is running – yet – the top choice was Caitlyn Jenner, followed by Laverne Cox.
Americans Like Buttigieg
If Pete Buttigieg becomes the Democratic presidential nominee, 65% of Democrats – along with 26% of Republicans and 39% of other voters – say they’ll vote for him.
Of those that will not, only 20% (across party lines) cited his sexuality.
Only about 1 in 5 Americans read the recent Time magazine feature on Pete Buttigieg, but a majority of those who did liked him more after reading it – including 72% of Republicans.
Americans feel that Buttigieg will work hardest for the LGTBQIA community if elected. The LGBTQIA community put Bernie Sanders in the number two spot, while straight Americans put Donald Trump at number two.
“A growing number of Americans are ready for a gay or lesbian president and Mayor Pete’s historic race will only accelerate that trend,” said Mayor Annise Parker, President & CEO of LGBTQ Victory Fund. “For many, until recently, a viable LGBTQ presidential candidate seemed unlikely or a distant dream. But as Americans see Mayor Pete stumping at town halls and speaking to voters from the presidential debate stage, skepticism about the electability of an LGBTQ candidate will fade. More than two-thirds of Americans already say they will vote for a gay or lesbian president – we only have one-third to convince.”
“The data tells us that the future will bring a more tolerant electorate,” said Gabrielle Ayala, a principal of Propeller Insights. “Across the board, younger Americans are more open to having someone other than a straight man as the president of the United States. Of the three generational groups we looked at, millennials are the most willing to vote for Pete Buttigieg. Given that this group also puts human rights as their political priority, we see that they care less about wealth and more about a future in which all Americans have a fair shot.”
“Never in my life did I think I would see an openly gay man run for the presidency – and get so much support,” said Curtis Sparrer, a principal of Bospar. “Regardless of political party, our research shows that Buttigieg’s candidacy is helping Americans feel better about LGBTQIA equality and people. Whether he wins or not, Buttigieg has scored a crucial victory.”
Survey Results
Completes: https://data.surveygizmo.com/r/445431_5ceacf4f440ba6.40136604
Completes by Gender: https://data.surveygizmo.com/r/445431_5cf18433e26b58.28673572
Completes by Age Group: https://data.surveygizmo.com/r/445431_5cf1844108c3b2.98500894
Completes by Ethnicity: https://data.surveygizmo.com/r/445431_5cf18751e36550.59389725
Completes by Sexual Orientation: https://data.surveygizmo.com/r/445431_5cf188599c42b6.04457086
Completes by Political Affiliation: https://data.surveygizmo.com/r/445431_5cf188c7abcb11.97199454
Completes by Income: https://data.surveygizmo.com/r/445431_5cf1892b19a313.14599158
Completes by Education: https://data.surveygizmo.com/r/445431_5cf189cad71860.62843694
About Propeller Insights
Propeller Insights is a full-service market research firm based in Los Angeles. Using quantitative and qualitative methodologies to measure and analyze marketplace and consumer opinions, they work extensively across industries such as travel, brand intelligence, entertainment/media, retail, and consumer packaged goods.
About Bospar
Bospar is a boutique tech PR firm featuring a team of highly seasoned professionals who exist to put tech companies on the map. Bospar’s principals include a longtime PR and tech industry guru, a former broadcast TV producer and award-winning media maven, a standout PR agency manager from the corporate side of a leading global law firm, and an experienced executive with both large agency and public company credentials. Bospar’s larger team includes experts in both social and traditional media, as well as financial and analyst relations and public affairs.
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Drops New Single and Music Video
"A Death In The Family"
Watch Video Here
Order In Decline
Due Out July 19
Via Hopeless Records
June 11, 2019 - Sum 41 have dropped an anthemic new single and music video today with the release of "A Death In The Family." Front man Deryck Whibley delivers a warning that all bad things must come to an end. Through a balance of in your face riffs and a soaring chorus, lyrics like "Your lies will tear you apart...Your fate is left to a different generation. You know they won't be kind" echo throughout the track. Fans can stream "A Death In The Family" today at smarturl.it/OrderInDecline
Today's single comes from the legendary rock icons' seventh full-length album, Order In Decline, due out July 19, 2019 via Hopeless Records. Looking back at the band's storied 23+ year career, this record is undoubtedly Sum 41's heaviest and most aggressive album to date, while also being their most dynamic and raw.
Armed with the most honest and personal songs of his career, Whibley poured everything he had into the upcoming album. Producing, engineering, and mixing the album in his home studio, he pain-stakingly crafted and fine-tuned each song, highlighted by fast and full riffs, guitar solos from lead guitarist/backing vocalist Dave Brownsound, harmonious chords from guitarist Tom Thacker and the heavy, heart-thumping rhythm section of bassist/backing vocalist Cone McCaslin and drummer Frank Zummo.
"A Death In The Family" joins previously released single "Out For Blood", which hit #1 at Sirius XM Octane and #22 on the Active Rock Chart and has been streamed nearly 3 Million times on Spotify while the music video has been viewed over 2 Million times.
Order In Decline Track Listing
1. Turning Away
2. Out For Blood
3. The New Sensation
4. A Death In The Family
5. Heads Will Roll
6. 45 (A Matter Of Time)
7. Never There
8. Eat You Alive
9. The People Vs...
10. Catching Fire
Order In Decline is available for pre-order now at http://smarturl.it/OrderInDecline.
Sum 41 will be co-headlining the inaugural Rockstar Energy Drink DISRUPT Festival this Summer on select dates throughout the United States and Canada. For more information, head to https://rockstardisrupt.com/.
Upcoming Sum 41 North American Tour Dates
July 12 - Tinley Park, IL - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre*
July 13 - Thornville, OH - Legend Valley*
July 14 - Noblesville, IN - Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center*
July 15 - Maryland Heights, MO - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre*
July 17 - Denver, CO - Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre*
July 20 - Irvine, CA - Five Point Amphitheater presented by Mercury Insurance*
July 23 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre*
July 24 - Boise, ID - Idaho Center Amphitheatre*
July 26 - Chula Vista, CA - North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre*
July 27 - Phoenix, AZ - Ak-Chin Pavilion*
July 28 - Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheater*
September 29 - Louisville, KY - Louder Than Life Festival
* - Rockstar Energy Drink DISRUPT Co-Headline Festival Dates
After over 15 million records sold worldwide, a Grammy Award nomination, 2 Juno Awards (7 nominations), a Kerrang! Award in 2002, as well as multiple Alternative Press Music Awards, Sum 41 is quite simply a rock band - uncompromising and honest with no intention of slowing down.
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How To Reconcile The Problem
Of Chronic Pain And Opioid Addiction
With about 2 million Americans suffering from opioid addiction, the nation’s healthcare system has tried to perform an extraordinary balancing act – help patients who suffer from chronic pain while also aggressively combating the opioid epidemic.
Part of the problem is too few patients and physicians consider options other than medication and surgery when it comes to dealing with chronic pain, says Dr. Bradford Butler, author of The Blueprint for Back Pain Relief: The Essential Guide to Nonsurgical Solutions (www.drbradfordbutler.com).
“Not only are drugs and surgery not shown to be effective, but the costs related to them are staggering,” Butler says. “Opioids block the symptoms, but not the causes of pain. They fail to address the underlying issues that cause so many people to suffer so much.”
Here’s just one example of a mistake that contributes to the problem: People who suffer from excruciating back pain in many cases don’t visit a chiropractor, who specializes in back-pain relief and nonsurgical solutions, Butler says. Instead, the patients make an appointment with their primary care physician.
“In the primary care world, doctors are simply trained to analyze and then treat symptoms,” he says. “Therefore, it should come as no surprise when they do what they are supposed to do for pain, which is give you a drug.”
The result, he says, is that too many patients face a false choice about how to handle their chronic pain, and that has led to an epidemic of abuse and addiction.
A few years ago, as America’s opioid crisis continued to rage out of control, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stepped in with pain-medication guidelines aimed at scaling back the over prescription of the drugs.
That created its own unwelcome situation.
The prescription pendulum swung too far the other way, leaving some patients suffering unnecessarily. So, the CDC recently issued a clarification to the guidelines, saying that doctors shouldn’t just stop a patient’s prescription cold turkey or switch to a lower dosage when a higher dosage is needed.
To Butler, the trouble is that drugs should not have become the first line of defense against chronic pain to begin with. He says anyone who is suffering and seeking medical attention for their pain should consider these points:
“Your body can reach a point where so much damage has been done over time that drugs really do become the only answer,” Butler says. “And that is not a good answer.”
About Dr. Bradford Butler
Dr. Bradford Butler, a chiropractor and author of The Blueprint for Back Pain Relief: The Essential Guide to Nonsurgical Solutions (www.drbradfordbutler.com), is owner and director of Oakland Spine and Physical Therapy, which has three locations in northern New Jersey. Dr. Butler, a graduate of the New York Chiropractic College, has twice been named one of America’s top chiropractors by Consumer Research Council of America, and his offices have received the exclusive NJ TopDoc Award for eight consecutive years.
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