Pink vote
Pink vote (also called the lavender vote) are the votes cast by gays and lesbians, and is typically considered a voting bloc. Most prevalent in Britain, the concept has already spread to US, where gays and lesbians are substantially more likely to vote Democratic, and Canada with many other countries like South Africa and Australia starting to acknowledge it. The Pink Vote is now well-established across countries in Western Europe with gay and lesbian voters being notably more inclined to vote for social democratic parties over right-wing parties and to be far more supportive of EU  integration. In addition, there are socio-political movements and political groups formed by LGBT people who are linked to political parties. United Kingdom. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 1.00% of the total population in UK is homosexual and so, 480,000 people consider themselves gay or lesbian. Political parties in Britain now aim at the pink vote bank and leave no stone unturned to persuade the homosexual community to vote in their favour. The significance of pink vote has increased considerably with the changing times. Charles Kennedy of The Liberal Democrats pitched for the "pink vote" and even  promised a package of ways to boost homosexual rights. United States. According to a research report by Gallup, Americans interviewed estimated the gay population of the US to be 23.2% of the overall population, while the most recent poll showed that 5.6% of Americans identify as LGBT. This percentage does play a big role in the elections and political parties try every way to attract these pink voters. LGBT Democrats (linked to the Democratic Party) and Log Cabin Republicans (linked to the Republican Party) are two of the largest American political groups advocated to LGBT rights issues in politics. Changing  times. With the visible impact of the pink vote in Britain, Canada’s political scenario also caught up with the pink vote politics. This new idea has also been a topic of debate in the Australia's political system. There are countries like South Africa where the pink vote is yet to acquire such importance and the homosexual community is yet to be given any added importance in elections. Recent polling of LGBT voters has revealed queer voting habits to be more complex than previously thought. In focus. There have also been debates about the impact of pink votes and  their existence in politics. In spite of such debates, fever of the pink vote even caught up Oscars as well.