Colorado voters support gay marriage

Colorado voters like the civil unions bill the legislature passed earlier this year, supporting it by a 50/38 margin. But they'd also like to take it a step further, supporting full marriage rights for same sex couples by a 51/43 spread. Voters under 30 favor it by a 74/17 margin....

Public Policy Polling • Apr 25, 2013

Georgia Polling

Georgia voters continue to be strongly opposed to gay marriage. Only 27% of voters think it should be legal to 65% who believe it should be illegal. Nevertheless 57% support either gay marriage or civil unions to only 40% who think there should be no legal recognition for same sex couples. ...

Public Policy Polling • Dec 15, 2012

Oregon voters are ready to legalize same sex marriage.

77% think they should be able to have a say on the issue, and 54% say they would vote to legalize it with 40% opposed. Independents support it by a 64/33 margin and there are more Republicans (17%) ready to make it legal than there are Democrats (15%) who aren't. Voters under 45 support it by a 68/30 spread. ...

Public Policy Polling • Dec 11, 2012

Illinois and New Jersey Miscellany

New Jersey voters think same sex marriage should be allowed in their state by a 53/36 margin, and Illinois voters believe it should be permitted by a 47/42 spread....

Public Policy Polling • Dec 7, 2012

Obama, King, gay marriage favored in Maine

Maine's referendum to legalize gay marriage is leading for passage by a 52/45 margin, numbers virtually unchanged from 52/44 in our last survey. What we've found historically with these gay marriage ballot measures though is that undecided voters tend to end up voting anti-gay so if I had to guess this is something more like a 52/48 advantage and at that point it can go either way- this is likely ...

Public Policy Polling • Nov 5, 2012

Colorado Miscellany: Support for the civil unions bill

-Support for the civil unions bill Republicans in the legislature scuttled during the spring remains strong. 57% of Colorado voters would support a bill to grant same sex couples the right to civil unions, while 37% are opposed. Democrats (79/13) and independents (60/36) are overwhelmingly in favor of such legislation and even 34% of Republican voters say they are. Voters under 30 support civil un...

Public Policy Polling • Aug 10, 2012

Majority in Washington for gay marriage

For the first time in its Washington polling PPP now finds a majority of the state's voters in support of gay marriage. 51% think it should be legal to 42% who believe it should be illegal. When PPP first polled on the issue last May Washington voters supported it 46/44. By February it had inched up to 49/44 before hitting its current 51/42 mark. It looks like the state's new law legalizing same s...

Public Policy Polling • Jun 19, 2012

Minnesotans' opposition to marriage amendment growing

Now only 43% of voters support the proposed amendment, with 49% of voters opposed to it. The shift since then has come with independent voters. After previously supporting the amendment by a 50/40 spread, they're now opposing it 54/37. Republicans continue to strongly favor the amendment (74/21) while Democrats are almost equally strong in their opposition (71/22). ...

Public Policy Polling • Jun 5, 2012

Final NC Primary Poll

In some sense North Carolinians are voting against their own beliefs. 53% of voters in the state support either gay marriage or civil unions, yet a majority also support the amendment that would ban both. The reason for that disconnect is even with just 24 hours until election day only 46% of voters realize the proposal bans both gay marriage and civil unions. ...

Public Policy Polling • May 7, 2012

Marriage Amendment still leads by 14

PPP's newest poll on the North Carolina marriage amendment shows little movement from a week ago. 55% plan to vote yes next week, while 41% are opposed. ...

Public Policy Polling • May 1, 2012

Maine Miscellany

-It looks like Maine voters will reverse their 2009 decision and legalize gay marriage in the state this fall. 54% think that gay marriage should be legal to only 41% who think it should be illegal. And when we asked about the issue using the exact language voters will see on the ballot this fall, they say they're inclined to support the referendum by a 47-32 margin. ...

Public Policy Polling • Mar 7, 2012

WA: Voters Support Gay Marriage

Voters say if there was a referendum on the new law legalizing same-sex marriage, they would vote to uphold it rather than repeal it, 50%-46%. Only 20% of voters say they feel there should be no legal recognition of same-sex couples at all, with 46% supporting legal gay marriage and 32% supporting civil unions but not gay marriage....

Public Policy Polling • Feb 22, 2012

Minnesota Odds and Ends

Minnesota's constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage is headed for a close vote. 48% of voters say they support it while 44% are opposed. ...

Public Policy Polling • Feb 1, 2012

CA: tide is turning on gay marriage

48% of voters in the state think it should be legal to only 43% who believe it should be illegal....

Public Policy Polling • Nov 21, 2011

Missouri Miscellaneous

59% of voters in Missouri think that gay marriage should be illegal, compared to just 32% who would like to see it become legal. But when you throw civil unions into the equation 62% of voters support some form of legal recognition for gay couples to only 37% opposed to giving same sex couples any sorts of rights....

Public Policy Polling • Sep 23, 2011