… Republicans running for president face a choice in responding to the court’s ruling. They could try to use the strong emotions same-sex marriages evoke as a way to mobilize conservative voters in primaries, but potentially at the cost of undermining their campaigns in next year’s general election. Or they […] Read more »
Change Doesn’t Usually Come This Fast
… At the time Andrew Sullivan wrote his now-famous essay in support of gay marriage in The New Republic in 1989, almost no polling firms even bothered asking questions about gay marriage. One that did — the General Social Survey — found that just 12 percent of the population was […] Read more »
How unbelievably quickly public opinion changed on gay marriage, in 5 charts
Celebrating the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage on Friday, President Obama noted: “Compared to so many issues, America’s shift has been so quick.” Boy is he ever right. CONT. Chris Cillizza, Washington Post Recent polls: Same-sex marriage Read more »
Opposition to Marriage Equality Verdict Costly for GOP Candidates
On the occasion of the Supreme Court’s historic ruling to legalize gay marriage nationwide, Democracy Corps and the Human Rights Campaign release the results from a new survey of likely 2016 voters. This survey reinforces a finding that has been true since 2012: a majority of Americans support same-sex marriage. […] Read more »
UT/TT Poll: Texans Divided on Gay Marriage
Texas voters are split on whether gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry and on whether businesses should be required to provide services to them, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. CONT. Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune Read more »
A Tale of Two Governors
In politics, you have two choices: you can get in front of a wave or get slammed by a wave. Earlier this spring we saw Indiana Governor Mike Pence get walloped by a wave of his own making with his poor roll-out – and even worse public defense of – […] Read more »