Acceptance of gay people in public office (North and South America)

Source
AmericasBarometer
Date
2016-2017
Regions Surveyed
29

Full Survey Results

In 2016 and 2017, AmericasBarometer surveyed people in North and South America about a range of topics, including how acceptable they felt it was for homosexuals to serve in public office. Participants were asked to rank their answer on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being "strongly disapprove" and 10 being "strongly approve." Equaldex categories all responses from 1-5 as "disapprove" and all responses from 6-10 as "approve."

Question: "How strongly do you approve or disapprove of [homosexuals] running for public office?"

Disapprove
Approve
Survey Average
58.9%
41.1%
  1. 1. Canada
    19.9%
    80.1%
  2. 2. Uruguay
    21%
    79%
  3. 26.9%
    73.1%
  4. 4. Chile
    33.5%
    66.5%
  5. 5. Brazil
    35.9%
    64.1%
  6. 36.3%
    63.7%
  7. 43.5%
    56.5%
  8. 8. Mexico
    44.4%
    55.6%
  9. 50.8%
    49.2%
  10. 10. Colombia
    52.9%
    47.1%
  11. 11. Bolivia
    56.5%
    43.5%
  12. 12. Nicaragua
    58.5%
    41.5%
  13. 13. Ecuador
    58.7%
    41.3%
  14. 14. Peru
    61.2%
    38.8%
  15. 15. Honduras
    61.9%
    38.1%
  16. 62.1%
    37.9%
  17. 17. Panama
    62.3%
    37.7%
  18. 18. Paraguay
    64.7%
    35.3%
  19. 65.8%
    34.2%
  20. 20. Guatemala
    67.9%
    32.1%
  21. 21. Guyana
    74.4%
    25.6%
  22. 22. Grenada
    76.4%
    23.6%
  23. 77.5%
    22.5%
  24. 24. Jamaica
    78%
    22%
  25. 78.5%
    21.5%
  26. 79.2%
    20.8%
  27. 27. Dominica
    81.7%
    18.3%
  28. 88.7%
    11.3%
  29. 29. Haiti
    90%
    10%

Regions are ranked by the percentage of "support" responses out of the total responses (excluding participants who answered "don't know" or refused to answer).