Support for same-sex marriage (US)

Date
January 7–December 20, 2020
Regions Surveyed
50

Full Survey Results

PRRI conducted a survey of 22,612 adults from all 50 U.S. states. The American Values Atlas (AVA) by PRRI is an annual survey that covers demographic, religious, and cultural changes in the U.S., including LGBTQ+ issues.

Question: "All in all, do you strongly favor, favor, oppose or strongly oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally?"

Oppose
Favor
Survey Average
28.5%
66.1%
  1. 1. Alaska
    3%
    93%
  2. 2. Nevada
    16%
    80%
  3. 18%
    82%
  4. 15%
    77%
  5. 19%
    79%
  6. 19%
    78%
  7. 7. Wyoming
    17%
    75%
  8. 19%
    77%
  9. 9. Maine
    22%
    77%
  10. 22%
    75%
  11. 11. Oregon
    20%
    73%
  12. 22%
    72%
  13. 13. Illinois
    26%
    72%
  14. 14. Virginia
    23%
    69%
  15. 24%
    69%
  16. 16. New York
    24%
    69%
  17. 17. Wisconsin
    27%
    71%
  18. 18. Texas
    24%
    68%
  19. 26%
    67%
  20. 20. Vermont
    30%
    70%
  21. 21. Hawaii
    26%
    66%
  22. 27%
    67%
  23. 23. Maryland
    29%
    68%
  24. 24. Montana
    30%
    69%
  25. 25. Nebraska
    31%
    69%
  26. 26. Michigan
    29%
    67%
  27. 27. Florida
    28%
    66%
  28. 29%
    66%
  29. 29. Tennessee
    28%
    65%
  30. 30. Oklahoma
    29%
    66%
  31. 31. Ohio
    30%
    66%
  32. 32. Iowa
    30%
    62%
  33. 33. Delaware
    29%
    60%
  34. 32%
    62%
  35. 35. Indiana
    33%
    62%
  36. 36. Georgia
    32%
    61%
  37. 35%
    64%
  38. 38. Arizona
    32%
    61%
  39. 39. Missouri
    33%
    62%
  40. 40. Louisiana
    36%
    62%
  41. 41. Arkansas
    37%
    58%
  42. 42. Utah
    39%
    57%
  43. 43. Alabama
    35%
    50%
  44. 41%
    55%
  45. 33%
    47%
  46. 42%
    53%
  47. 45%
    55%
  48. 48. Idaho
    40%
    48%
  49. 49. Kansas
    44%
    48%
  50. 50. Kentucky
    46%
    48%

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).

Submitted by Unknownmiles