A surprising thing about the gay vote

In a close election almost any group can claim to have put the candidate over the top.  Without the black vote, or the women’s vote, or the labor union vote, or the youth vote, or the Latino vote, Obama would have lost.  Here’s another group to thank.  Straight people split their vote about 50-50.  However, according to an article by Micah Cohen in today’s Times, voters who identified themselves as gay, went for Obama 76% to 22%.

Here’s the surprising thing.  Why would 22% of self-identified gays vote for Romney?  Don’t they read the papers?  Don’t they have internet access?  Over one-fifth of the gay vote makes no damn sense whatsoever.  

While I’m on the subject, why would 7% of the black vote go for Romney?  Why would 45% of the voters in Weissport vote for a candidate who obviously holds them in contempt?  People, people--wise up.