Saturday, June 04, 2011

Another Poll Confirms Supermajority For NY Marriage Equality

Another poll (Quinnipiac) has confirmed that there is a large majority of support for marriage equality in New York:
Support for legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry is 58 - 36 percent, higher than ever while statistically unchanged from 56 - 38 percent April 14. Support is 72 - 23 percent among Democrats and 58 - 34 percent among independent voters, while Republicans are opposed 64 - 34 percent. There is little gender gap: men support same-sex marriage 58 - 37 percent, while women back it 59 - 34 percent. 
The poll also illustrates the trendlines for support for equality have been increasing over time:


TREND: Would Do you support or oppose a law that would allow same-sex couples to get married?
SUPPORT...
                                                             High    Low
                     Jun 02  Apr 14  Feb 24  Jan 27  Dec 16  Jun 02  Apr 15
                     2011    2011    2011    2011    2009    2011    2004



 Support             58      56      54      56      47      58      37
 Oppose              36      38      39      37      46      36      66
 DK/NA                6       5       7       7       7       6       8

The question for State Senate Republicans is what side of history do they want to be on?

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