Discrimination Against Gays and Lesbians (February 2018)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| A lot of discrimination | 35% |
| Some | 33% |
| Not very much | 19% |
| None at all | 7% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 6% |
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| category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| A lot of discrimination | 58% | 30% | 15% |
| Some | 29% | 31% | 37% |
| Not very much | 6% | 21% | 31% |
| None at all | 3% | 10% | 11% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 4% | 8% | 7% |
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| category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| A lot of discrimination | 60% | 46% | 63% |
| Some | 30% | 38% | 24% |
| Not very much | 4% | 10% | 5% |
| None at all | 3% | 1% | 4% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 3% | 5% | 5% |
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| category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| A lot of discrimination | 10% | 18% | 16% |
| Some | 31% | 44% | 38% |
| Not very much | 40% | 22% | 29% |
| None at all | 13% | 7% | 11% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 5% | 9% | 6% |
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| category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| A lot of discrimination | 65% | 38% | 16% |
| Some | 26% | 36% | 36% |
| Not very much | 4% | 13% | 29% |
| None at all | 1% | 5% | 12% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 3% | 9% | 7% |
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| category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| A lot of discrimination | 47% | 70% | 71% |
| Some | 37% | 22% | 24% |
| Not very much | 7% | 5% | 2% |
| None at all | 2% | 0% | 1% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 8% | 3% | 2% |
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| category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| A lot of discrimination | 21% | 15% | 15% |
| Some | 46% | 38% | 26% |
| Not very much | 24% | 29% | 33% |
| None at all | 6% | 12% | 16% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 4% | 6% | 10% |
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| category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| A lot of discrimination | 58% | 18% | 14% |
| Some | 29% | 35% | 27% |
| Not very much | 7% | 27% | 40% |
| None at all | 2% | 13% | 15% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 4% | 7% | 4% |
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| category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| A lot of discrimination | 29% | 49% | 44% |
| Some | 34% | 24% | 35% |
| Not very much | 23% | 13% | 10% |
| None at all | 9% | 5% | 5% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 6% | 9% | 6% |
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| category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| A lot of discrimination | 29% | 41% |
| Some | 34% | 32% |
| Not very much | 24% | 14% |
| None at all | 8% | 6% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 5% | 7% |
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| category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| A lot of discrimination | 40% | 35% | 29% |
| Some | 31% | 35% | 31% |
| Not very much | 16% | 19% | 21% |
| None at all | 5% | 8% | 9% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 7% | 4% | 10% |
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| category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A lot of discrimination | 37% | 38% | 34% | 34% |
| Some | 36% | 25% | 38% | 30% |
| Not very much | 18% | 21% | 15% | 22% |
| None at all | 3% | 8% | 7% | 10% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 6% | 9% | 5% | 5% |
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| category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A lot of discrimination | 43% | 35% | 35% | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| Some | 41% | 32% | 30% | 28% | 36% | 33% |
| Not very much | 0% | 18% | 20% | 23% | 17% | 21% |
| None at all | 0% | 10% | 4% | 10% | 8% | 5% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 16% | 5% | 10% | 7% | 3% | 4% |
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| category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A lot of discrimination | 31% | 28% | 42% | 55% |
| Some | 30% | 41% | 30% | 28% |
| Not very much | 21% | 20% | 18% | 10% |
| None at all | 10% | 6% | 6% | 4% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 8% | 5% | 5% | 3% |
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| category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
|---|---|---|---|
| A lot of discrimination | 30% | 27% | 56% |
| Some | 28% | 39% | 28% |
| Not very much | 22% | 22% | 12% |
| None at all | 11% | 9% | 1% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 9% | 4% | 3% |
