She is now more than ever a very important, highly visible, very credible leader in the LGBT community. Her endorsement absolutely says to a lot of gay people who might not know much about that race or Andrew Cuomo in particular that, from her point of view, he represents her values, which are generally progressive and certainly gay friendly.

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Private polls have shown that his endorsement has actually moved votes.

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Sean has earned the support of both the Pride Agenda and Victory Fund because he is what we are constantly searching for from our community—a quality candidate, well versed in public service.

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I will bet my bottom dollar that it will bring a significant number of gay and lesbian votes to Cuomo. On the other hand, could Sean, if he ran his campaign smartly, still walk away with a bulk of the lesbian and gay votes? He could.

In a six-candidate race, is 10 percent a big number? You bet, it's a huge number.

The gay vote is now regarded by many professional political people to be worth up to 16 to 17 percent of the democratic primary in New York City.