Two-Thirds of Swing State Voters Support Marriage Equality
With the proposed Respect for Marriage Act awaiting debate in the U.S. Senate, new polling data from the Human Rights Campaign indicates that over two-thirds of registered voters in swing states support marriage equality.
The data collected by the HRC, the largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization in the country, shows that 64 percent of prospective voters in the November midterm election would support a law “protecting the national right to same-sex marriage.” The voters polled all reside in “battleground” states — Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — defined as states where the Republican and Democratic parties have near-equal levels of support.
Thousands or even hundreds of votes could affect the outcome of an election in swing states, yet support for marriage equality surpasses party lines with endorsement from two-thirds of voters.
Support also transcends polling subgroups, with 58 percent of men in favor, 69 percent of women, and 55 percent of Christians. “Marriage equality has been nothing but positive, both for the LGBTQ+ community and for our society as a whole — and that’s reflected in this polling,” HRC Interim President Joni Madison said in a statement alongside the data’s release.“Same-sex marriage has been legal nationally since 2015, and in many states for years before that.
