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LGBT News US State Opinion Polls on SSM/Civil Unions

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  1. BryanM

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    Now, as we in the US know, there are currently 13 states, plus Washington DC that have marriage equality. These are the numbers from each state that does NOT have marriage equality regarding their opinions on SSM, Civil Unions, or both, with year poll was taken cited. Polls that were restricted will be noted. I will also tally up + states (states with favorable numbers), - states (states with unfavorable numbers), and +/- states (states that have neither favorable or unfavorable numbers), based on the opinion polls.

    (-)Alabama - 32% support SSM (2012)
    (+)Alaska - 67% support either SSM or Civil Unions (Feb. 2013)
    (+)Arizona - 77% support SSM or Civil Unions (May 2012)
    (-)Arkansas - 38% support SSM (2013) *(Same poll says 61% under 30 support SSM) *
    (+)Colorado - 52% support SSM, and only 22% don't support any recognition. (Apr. 2012)
    (+)Florida - 75% support either SSM or Civil Unions (March 2013)
    (+)Georgia - 57% support either SSM or Civil Unions (Dec. 2012)
    (+)Hawaii - 55% support SSM, only 37% oppose any recognition (Jan. 2013)
    (-)Idaho - 41% support SSM (2012)
    (+)Illinois - 50% support SSM, only 29% oppose any recognition (Feb. 2013)
    (-)Indiana - 38% support removing constitutional ban, while 54% oppose any recognition (Dec. 2012)
    (+)Kansas - 63% support SSM or Civil Unions, only 34% oppose any recognition (Feb. 2013)
    (-)Kentucky - 33% support SSM (2012)
    (+)Louisiana - 54% support SSM or Civil Unions (Feb. 2013)
    (+)Michigan - 56% support SSM (Nov. 2012)
    (-)Mississippi - 35% support SSM (2012)
    (+)Missouri - 64% support SSM(33%) or Civil Unions(31%) (June 2012)
    (+)Montana - 43% support SSM, while 64% support SSM OR Civil Unions (Feb. 2013)
    (+)Nebraska - 54% support SSM(32%) or Civil Unions(22%) (Oct. 2012)
    (+)Nevada - 54% support removing constitutional ban, while 43% oppose removing it (Feb. 2013)
    (+)New Jersey - 64% support SSM while only 30% oppose any recognition (March 2013)
    (+/-)New Mexico - 45% support SSM, while 43% oppose any recognition (Dec. 2011)
    (+)North Carolina - 63% support SSM or Civil Unions, while only 37% oppose any recognition (Feb. 2013)
    (-)North Dakota - 40% support SSM (2012)
    (+)Ohio - 52% support SSM, opposed to 37% thinking it should be illegal (Sept. 2012)
    (-)Oklahoma - 35% support SSM, but 56% oppose it (Nov. 2012)
    (+) Oregon - 54% support SSM, only 40% oppose it (Dec. 2012)
    (-)Pennsylvania - 39% support SSM, 48% oppose (June 2012)
    (+)South Carolina - 54% support either SSM or Civil Unions (Dec. 2012)
    (+/-)South Dakota - 45% support SSM, while about 45% oppose it (2012)
    (-)Tennessee - 32% support SSM (2012)
    (+)Texas - 61% support SSM or Civil Unions (Feb. 2013)
    (-)Utah - 36% support SSM (2012)
    (+)Virginia - 56% support SSM
    (-)West Virginia - 32% support SSM
    (+/-)Wisconsin - 42% support SSM (June 2011)
    (-)Wyoming - 41% support SSM (2012)

    Final Numbers:
    + States: 21
    - States: 13
    +/- States: 3

    Nationwide, support for same-sex marriage remains in the mid to high 50's, with around 58% supporting marriage equality.
     
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    Some of those states surprised me. I would have assumed that Pennsylvania would have had quite high support for Gay-Marriage considering it's one of the Northern states. Kansas and Missouri as well, I would have never had guessed it was that high, same for Texas
     
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    Thats mostly quite good, really.
     
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    Well, I think that numbers can lie here. For example Missouri, where I'm originally from.

    It mentions that 31% support SSM, and 33% support Civil Unions. However, it's not entirely clear that there's no overlap between those numbers - i.e. someone that supports a civil union also supporting SSM. So the real number there could be as low as 33%.

    Or am I reading that all wrong? (I hope so!)
     
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    As far as I know there are no overlaps in the numbers. If someone supports civil unions they only voted for that, same with SSM.
     
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    Well at least Illinois is half supportive
     
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    Oklahoma :icon_sad:

    Explains why you never see anybody who is openly gay here.
     
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    Your numbers may be off. I live in Missouri and there is no way that 64% support some form of equality. The last poll I saw was around 35%. 64% would put Missouri as one of the tops in the nation. Missouri will probably be in the bottom third to have marriage equality.
     
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    I'm not surprised at most of these, especially Texas. It's gotten pretty urban, and is approaching becoming a swing state. It's not exactly the most LGBT friendly place in America, to be sure, and I wouldn't move there, but it isn't as bad as it's reputation (assuming you are urban).
     
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    Good on you, SC. You may be finally doing something right.
     
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    Yeah, so much that they can't seem to decide on whether or not to pass a bill.

    I'm also surprised at Texas. Not just the fact that it's supportive, but also that it's as high as it is.
     
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    I'm surprised about Arizona, definitely surprised about Texas, South Carolina, Virginia and Kansas. Happy to hear about Florida as I love Florida for vacations, know over 60% approve of it makes me happy cause it could mean a better chance of it being approved in the nearer future than say Oklahoma for example lol. That means I could actually get married at Disney or Harry Potter World :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
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    Only 13 against, that has to be good news
     
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    I'm curious as to where you got these poll results. The last I checked, approval in South Carolina was around 20% or so for SSM, maybe a bit higher if civil unions are included, which sounds more right to me based on what I've seen, heard, and read here over the past decade. I'd love to be proved wrong and pleasantly surprised, but my gut tells me something is amiss.

    Of course two different polls asking the same question can get very different results based on their wording. So both numbers may be legitimate, but from different polls asking differently-worded questions at different times...
     
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    texas is 61% support?

    my family must be the 39% even though there were no surveys lol
     
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    As someone who lives here, I'm not. Despite the fact that we are a "red" state, we still have a large number of democrats, in fact recent poll results indicate that we could be experiencing a blue shift here in the near future. Most of the Republicans here also tend to be of the "Leave me alone" variety, they really don't care how other people live their lives so long as their way of life is not threatened by an outside force, say the federal government. Our governor and Senator McCain are some of the most bipartisan politicians I know. We just don't like it when the federal government get's too involved in how things are run, if we are going to be allowed to marry here it is going to have to be a local movement.
     
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    That's surprisingly more better than I thought it would be.
     
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    I am concerned the link is missing. I'm just curious about who conducted these polls.
     
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    The poll numbers came from public policy polling and from the Williams Institute.
     
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    Yet our governor said he would defend the ban because it was the will of the people.
     
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