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Full Survey Results
In 2023, the American Values Atlas conducted tens of thousands of interviews across every US state and the District of Columbia (https://ava.prri.org/#lgbt/2023/States/lgbt_ssm/m/US-DC), asking whether respondents support or oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally.
Question: "All in all, do you strongly favor, favor, oppose or strongly oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally?"
Oppose
Support
Survey Average (Unweighted)
31.3%
66.1%
- 1. Connecticut
14%80% - 15%81%
- 3. Vermont
19%81% - 20%80%
- 5. Washington
20%78% - 6. Nevada
21%76% - 7. New Jersey
22%76% - 8. Illinois
21%74% - 9. Oregon
23%75% - 10. New Hampshire
23%75% - 11. Alaska
25%75% - 12. New York
23%73% - 13. Minnesota
24%73% - 14. Wisconsin
25%73% - 15. Rhode Island
23%71% - 16. Virginia
27%71% - 17. Maryland
27%71% - 18. Colorado
28%72% - 19. Michigan
27%69% - 20. Arizona
27%69% - 21. New Mexico
29%71% - 22. Hawaii
29%70% - 23. Ohio
29%69% - 24. California
29%68% - 25. Maine
30%67% - 26. Pennsylvania
31%66% - 27. Delaware
32%65% - 28. Florida
32%64% - 29. Kansas
33%65% - 30. North Carolina
34%65% - 31. Utah
34%65% - 32. Indiana
34%63% - 33. Montana
36%63% - 34. Missouri
35%61% - 35. Wyoming
36%62% - 36. Texas
36%62% - 37. Georgia
36%61% - 38. Iowa
35%60% - 39. Idaho
39%59% - 40. Louisiana
39%58% - 41. North Dakota
40%59% - 42. South Dakota
40%58% - 43. Kentucky
41%56% - 44. Tennessee
41%55% - 45. Oklahoma
41%55% - 46. West Virginia
42%54% - 47. Nebraska
43%54% - 48. South Carolina
45%52% - 49. Alabama
47%51% - 50. Mississippi
46%50% - 51. Arkansas
47%49%
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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