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===2016 presidential election=== On October 22, 2016, the board members of LCR voted not to endorse the Republican nominee for president, [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Citation| last = Wheaton| first = Sarah | title = Log Cabin Republicans board votes against endorsing Trump| newspaper = [[Politico]]| date = October 22, 2016 | url = http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/donald-trump-log-cabin-republicans-230178 | access-date = 2016-10-22}}</ref> In defiance, the LCR statewide chapters of Colorado, Georgia, and Texas, along with the LCR countywide chapter of Orange County, California and the LCR city chapters of Houston, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; and Cleveland, Ohio; voted to endorse Donald Trump.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/breaking-national-group-local-log-cabin-chapters-endorse-trump-n676826|title=Breaking with national group, local Log Cabin chapters endorse Trump|website=[[NBC News]]|date=2 November 2016 }}</ref> Nationwide, exit polls estimated that Trump received the lowest percentage of the LGBT vote by any Republican presidential candidate since the metric was first included in presidential polls in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/card/nbc-news-exit-poll-trump-fails-peel-lgbt-voters-away-n680901|title=NBC News Exit Poll: Trump Fails to Peel LGBT Voters Away From Democratic Party|first=NBC News Exit Poll Desk1013d ago / 4:03 AM|last=UTC|website=NBC News}}</ref> Trump received only 14% of the LGBT vote, a significant decline from Mitt Romney who received 22% in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/11/14/lgbt-voters-rejected-trump-lopsided-margin/|title=LGBT voters rejected Trump by lopsided margin|date=November 14, 2016}}</ref> On November 9, 2016, the national LCR congratulated Donald Trump on his victory.<ref name="Florida">{{cite web|url=http://southfloridagaynews.com/Politics/gay-republicans-celebrate-trump-victory.html|title=Gay Republicans Celebrate Trump Victory|first=John|last=McDonald}}</ref>
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