March 10th, 2015
In the latest NBC/WSJ poll, US support for marriage equality reaches new heights
Q35 Do you favor or oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to enter into same-sex marriages? (IF “FAVOR” OR “OPPOSE,” ASK:) Would you say that you strongly (favor/oppose), or just somewhat (favor/oppose)?
38 Strongly favor
21 Somewhat favor
9 Somewhat oppose
24 Strongly oppose
2 It depends
6 Not sure
And just in case the anti-gays think this means they are winning:
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Mark F.
March 10th, 2015
21% only “somewhat” favor SSM, so NOM can win them over, right?
Nathaniel
March 10th, 2015
Seriously, though, the “somewhat favor” crowd might be those that would oppose the across-the-board bans most states adopted, or would prefer making civil unions available if that were an acceptable option. I doubt they would ever be NOM supporters. The crowd NOM needs to work on are the “somewhat oppose,” since they are not likely to be incited to the polls on matters of marriage. Not that they would contribute much to the forces standing against marriage.
I would like to know what the “It depends” crowd think legalizing marriage equality should ‘depend’ on.
NancyP
March 11th, 2015
What is noteworthy is that the “strongly opposed” percentage of 24% is very close to the percentage of conservative / fundamentalist evangelical Protestant Christians, often cited as 22% or so. So the hardliners consist of the expected conservative evangelical Protestants and the small fraction of ultra-conservative Catholics (surely less than 1% of total US population) and likely the 1% of the population that is against anything new.
Nathaniel
March 11th, 2015
Nancy, while that is interesting, evangelical Protestant Christians are also increasingly favorable towards marriage equality, so they certainly don’t account for all of the 24%. Although they do likely account for most of it, I imagine older people across the board also make up the majority of the 24%.
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