Gay Marriage Opinion (June 2017)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 55% |
| Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 32% |
| Don't know | 13% |
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| category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 77% | 58% | 32% |
| Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 15% | 20% | 52% |
| Don't know | 8% | 22% | 16% |
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| category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 89% | 60% | 79% |
| Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 8% | 21% | 15% |
| Don't know | 3% | 19% | 6% |
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| category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 32% | 44% | 24% |
| Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 48% | 38% | 64% |
| Don't know | 20% | 19% | 12% |
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| category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 87% | 56% | 32% |
| Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 8% | 20% | 53% |
| Don't know | 5% | 24% | 14% |
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| category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 89% | 80% | 92% |
| Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 6% | 12% | 6% |
| Don't know | 5% | 8% | 2% |
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| category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 47% | 36% | 20% |
| Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 33% | 48% | 72% |
| Don't know | 20% | 16% | 9% |
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| category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 80% | 38% | 25% |
| Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 13% | 46% | 59% |
| Don't know | 7% | 17% | 16% |
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| category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 53% | 63% | 55% |
| Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 36% | 24% | 26% |
| Don't know | 11% | 13% | 19% |
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| category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 54% | 55% |
| Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 34% | 30% |
| Don't know | 12% | 15% |
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| category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 64% | 54% | 42% |
| Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 23% | 34% | 41% |
| Don't know | 13% | 12% | 18% |
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| category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 74% | 61% | 50% | 43% |
| Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 17% | 28% | 35% | 41% |
| Don't know | 9% | 11% | 15% | 16% |
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| category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 41% | 51% | 55% | 50% | 58% | 63% |
| Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 42% | 33% | 31% | 41% | 30% | 27% |
| Don't know | 17% | 16% | 14% | 9% | 13% | 10% |
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| category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 31% | 58% | 76% | 86% |
| Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 55% | 23% | 14% | 9% |
| Don't know | 14% | 19% | 10% | 5% |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 25% | 51% | 88% |
| Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 61% | 31% | 9% |
| Don't know | 14% | 18% | 3% |
