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