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Related: About this forumUnprecedented 25-Point Gap Between Supporters And Opponents Of Marriage Equality
By Igor Volsky on Feb 29, 2012 at 9:00 am
A 25-point gap now separates supporters and opponents of marriage equality in California, with 59 percent of residents backing same-sex marriage and just 34 percent opposing it, a new Field survey finds. This represents the largest margin of support for the issue in the three-plus decades the Field Poll has been asking the question and shows a big increase for marriage since voters approved Proposition 8 in 2008. Significantly, support increased among all groups, including Protestants, Catholics, African Americans, Latinos and older Americans and pollsters say that opponents of marriage would have a difficult time overcoming the trend should the measure go back to the ballot:
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Poll Director Mark DiCamillo said the move to a 25-point gap goes beyond the gradual increase in support that has been expected as young voters age and replace older voters in the electorate. This is now showing that opinions are changing irrespective of generational replacement, DiCamillo said. This is real change. [...]
DiCamillo said voters still hold the judiciary in relatively high regard, and years of gay marriage court battles in California are likely contributing to the opinion shift. The winds of change are blowing in other states (and) when judges start ruling the same way, I believe that has an influence, he said.
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/02/29/434407/poll-finds-unprecedented-25-point-gap-between-supporters-and-opponents-of-marriage-equality/
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)MarkCharles
(2,261 posts)vote.
beyurslf
(6,755 posts)or this is the year we no longer lose any elections on it. North Carolina?
HillWilliam
(3,310 posts)Oddly, though I do like Gov Perdue, her stepping down stirred the pot and is likely to get more Dems out to vote in the primaries when Amendment One is on the ballot.
There are some honest-to-dawg, 14k nutjobs on the R ticket this go round... as if the teapots in the legislature weren't already crazy as hell.
Dems gotta get out and the National Committee better pay us some attention (after dropping us on our asses in 2010) or NC is fucked.
LostinRed
(840 posts)I would like to see confirming polls. But the fact is many pro-equality groups such as Equality California (which I'm a proud supporter of) have worked nonstop to educate the public on what marriage equality really means. These groups are so well organized now compared to '08 that I believe the prop. 8 would be severly defeated if it was up to a vote this fall. Even with the millions pouring in from residents of Utah.