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issue · 29 polls · 2 sources · 1996 → 2024

Same-sex marriage (public opinion)

Today (2024)
71%
support · 2024
First reading
29%
1996 · gallup
28-year shift
+42pp
rising
Polls
29
polls
Sources
2
gallup · pew-research-center
support % · 1996 → 2024LOESS-smoothed · raw dots underlaid50% line · majority threshold1996 · 29%First Gallup reading · DOMA-era2004 · 34%Bush-era amendment push2011 · 46%Majority support for the first time2015 · 56%Obergefell · nationwide legality2022 · 70%Respect for Marriage Act199620012006201120162024
Story arc
Verified

Same-sex marriage (public opinion) stands at 69% support and 30% oppose in Gallup's most recent reading, fielded 2024-05-01 [1]. Gallup's prior measurements registered 71% support in May 2023 and 70% in May 2021 [1], while Pew Research Center recorded 61% support and 31% opposition in July 2019 [2]. Earlier Gallup readings show 63% support in May 2019 and 64% in May 2017 [1], and Pew measured 62% support in July 2017 and 55% in July 2016 [2].

support over time

LOESS CONSENSUS
29 polls
BIAS-CORRECTED
House effects removed
INDIVIDUAL POLLS
raw readings
EVENT
curated
30%40%50%60%70%1996 · First Gallup reading …2004 · Bush-era amendment pu…2011 · Majority support for …2015 · Obergefell · nationwi…2022 · Respect for Marriage …2024 · TodayRAW 71.0CORR 68.419962003201020172024

What's changed

1996
First Gallup reading · DOMA-era
29%
2004
Bush-era amendment push
34%
2011
Majority support for the first time
46%
2015
Obergefell · nationwide legality
56%
2022
Respect for Marriage Act
70%
2024
Today
71%