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Contents:
- TWO-THIRDS OF DEMOCRATS NOW SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
- VIEWS OF THE REPUBLIN PARTY ON GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
- GAY MARRIAGE AND THE DEMOCRATIC BASE
TWO-THIRDS OF DEMOCRATS NOW SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
Reports that the Democratic Party may add support for gay marriage to s party platform are keepg wh a signifint shift of opn on this issue among Democrats natnwi. A new report fds that support for same-sex marriage among Democrats has jumped om 50% 2008 to 65% today. * democratic party view on gay marriage *
More pennts who lean toward the Democratic Party (81%) favor gay marriage than Democrats (71%). Connecticut, which prohibed stat om banng gay marriage and ntraceptn, rpectively. But the urt’s newly nstcted 6-to-3 majory — seen as the most nservative nearly a century — offers the tantalizg possibily for opponents of gay marriage that the lg uld also be vot uld put Republin senators a difficult posn, wh Senate Mory Lear Mch McConnell seekg to downplay cultural hot button issu where his party is at odds wh public opn orr to protect GOP ndidat the fall midterm many Republin senators are wary of alienatg their culturally nservative base, which is disillned by the pace of social change the Uned Stat and has ltle tert seeg their elected reprentativ dify those rights.
VIEWS OF THE REPUBLIN PARTY ON GAY MARRIAGE
Today, 73% of Millennials say gays and lbians should be allowed to marry legally, while jt 24% say they should not. Gen Xers, the next youngt hort, also support gay marriage, though by a narrower marg (59% favor, 39% oppose).
Among olr horts, Boomers (ag 51 to 69) are currently divid (45% favor, 48% oppose), while Silents (ag 70-87) are the only generatn which signifintly more oppose (53%) than favor (39%) gay marriage. In 2005, 53% of Silent Democrats opposed gay marriage, while jt 31% favored . Support for gay marriage among Silent Republins and Republin leaners also has creased over the past (by 14 pots).
However, Silent Republins oppose allowg gays and lbians to marry legally by three-to-one (72% to 24%). However, while Boomer Democrats currently favor gay marriage by 60% to 34%, Boomer Republins oppose by a parable marg (62% to 31%).
GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
Currently, 45% of Gen X Republins and Republin leaners favor allowg gays and lbians to marry legally, roughly double the percentage as 2005 (23%). Still, Gen X Democrats are 26 pots more likely than Republins of that generatn to favor gay marriage (71%). That remas the se today: 59% support gay marriage, up om jt 35% a ago.
GAY MARRIAGE AND THE DEMOCRATIC BASE
Today, majori of every iologil group except one – nservative Republins – favor allowg gays and lbians to marry legally. However, three-quarters of nservative Republins (75%) ntue to oppose gay marriage.
This gap has narrowed somewhat om a ago, when 69% of liberal Democrats backed gay marriage, pared wh only about a third (32%) of the party’s nservativ and morat. Today, about twice as many pennts support (65%) as oppose (31%) gay marriage. The share of blacks who support gay marriage has not changed signifintly sce 2012: 41% favor same-sex marriage today, while 51% oppose ; 2012, 40% favored while 48% opposed.
By ntrast, over the past three years, support for gay marriage among wh has risen 10 pots (om 49% to 59%). Between 2005 and 2012, support for gay marriage rose at about the same rate among blacks and wh. That is ltle changed om recent years, but ne years ago Hispanics were divid; 45% favored gay marriage while about as many (48%) were opposed.