Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted by Ipsos-Public Affairs. Nov. 19-21, 2004. N=1,000 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose, or strongly oppose allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally?"

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Strongly
Favor

Favor

Oppose

Strongly
Oppose

Unsure
   

%

%

%

%

%
  11/19-21/04 14 21 25 36 4

 

CBS News/New York Times Poll. Nov. 18-21, 2004. N=885 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3 (for all adults).
           

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"Which comes closest to your view? Gay couples should be allowed to legally marry. OR, Gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not legally marry. OR, There should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship."
           

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    Legal
Marriage		 Civil
Unions		 No Legal
Recognition		 Unsure  
    % % % %  
  ALL 21 32 44 3  
    Republicans 9 36 54 1  
    Democrats 31 30 36 3  
    Independents 21 32 43 4  
           

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  Trend:
  7/11-15/04 28 31 38 3  
  5/20-23/04 28 29 40 3  
  3/10-14/04 22 33 40 5  
           

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"Is it possible that you would ever vote for a candidate who does not share your views on the issue of gay marriage, or is the subject so important to you that you could not vote for a candidate who disagrees with you?"
           

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    Yes,
Possible		 No,
Could Not		 Depends
(vol.)		 Unsure  
    % % % %  
 

11/18-21/04

 57 33 5 5  
           

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"Do you think defining marriage as a union only between a man and a woman is an important enough issue to be worth changing the Constitution for, or isn't it that kind of issue?"
           

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    Important
Enough		 Not That
Kind of
Issue		 Unsure    
    % % %    
 

11/18-21/04

 40 56 4    
 

3/10-14/04

 38 56 6    

 

Pew Research Center/Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life survey conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Aug. 5-10, 2004. N=1,512 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
           

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"Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose, or strongly oppose allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally?"
           

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    Favor Oppose Unsure    
    % % %    
  8/5-10/04 29 60 11    
  7/04 32 56 12    
  3/04 32 59 9    
  2/04 30 63 7    
  11/03 30 62 8    
  10/03 30 58 12    
           

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"Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose, or strongly oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to enter into legal agreements with each other that would give them many of the same rights as married couples?"
           

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    Favor Oppose Unsure    
    % % %    
  8/5-10/04 48 45 7    
  7/04 49 43 8    
  3/04 49 44 7    
  10/03 45 47 8    

 

CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. July 19-21, 2004. Nationwide:
           

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"Do you think marriages between homosexuals should or should not be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages?" Form A (N=499, MoE ± 5)
           

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    Should
Be Valid		 Should
Not Be		 No
Opinion		    
    % % %    
  7/19-21/04 32 62 6    
  3/5-7/04 33 61 6    
  2/16-17/04 32 64 4    
  2/6-8/04 36 59 5    
  12/03 31 65 4    
  10/03 35 61 4    
  6/03 39 55 6    
  1/00 34 62 4    
  2/99 35 62 3    
  3/96 27 68 5    
           

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"Would you favor or oppose a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as being between a man and a woman, thus barring marriages between gay or lesbian couples?" Form B (N=506, MoE ± 5)
           

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    Favor Oppose No
Opinion		    
    % % %    
  7/19-21/04 48 46 6    
  5/2-4/04 51 45 4    
  3/5-7/04 50 45 5    
  2/9-12/04 53 44 3    
  2/6-8/04 47 47 6    
  7/03 50 45 5    

 

University of Pennsylvania National Annenberg Election Survey. June 16-30, 2004. N=1,641 adults nationwide. MoE ± 2. Interviewing conducted by Schulman, Ronca, Bucuvalas, Inc.

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"Would you favor or oppose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution saying that no state can allow two men to marry each other or two women to marry each other?"

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Favor

Oppose

 

    
   

%

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  6/16-30/04 43 48      
  5/2-16/04 42 50      
  2/14-23/04 41 48