Gay Marriage Opinion (October 2014)
category | Total |
---|---|
Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 42% |
Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 47% |
Don't know | 11% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 67% | 56% | 40% |
Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 23% | 30% | 34% |
Don't know | 10% | 14% | 26% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 85% | 26% | 55% |
Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 11% | 63% | 31% |
Don't know | 4% | 11% | 14% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 23% | 64% | 28% |
Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 68% | 24% | 56% |
Don't know | 8% | 12% | 16% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 83% | 47% | 19% |
Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 11% | 34% | 72% |
Don't know | 5% | 19% | 9% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 77% | 85% | 95% |
Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 16% | 10% | 2% |
Don't know | 7% | 5% | 2% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 39% | 17% | 1% |
Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 45% | 75% | 95% |
Don't know | 16% | 8% | 4% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 69% | 30% | 32% |
Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 21% | 49% | 60% |
Don't know | 10% | 21% | 8% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 41% | 38% | 49% |
Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 50% | 40% | 43% |
Don't know | 9% | 23% | 8% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 36% | 48% |
Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 56% | 39% |
Don't know | 8% | 13% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 51% | 42% | 28% |
Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 41% | 46% | 60% |
Don't know | 8% | 12% | 12% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 60% | 46% | 41% | 21% |
Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 28% | 41% | 48% | 72% |
Don't know | 11% | 13% | 11% | 7% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 24% | 36% | 45% | 45% | 46% | 46% |
Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 66% | 48% | 45% | 40% | 47% | 50% |
Don't know | 10% | 15% | 10% | 15% | 7% | 4% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry | 22% | 49% | 68% | 81% |
Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 67% | 37% | 21% | 16% |
Don't know | 11% | 14% | 11% | 4% |
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 | 14% | 41% | 85% |
Gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry | 74% | 51% | 9% |
Don't know | 12% | 8% | 5% |