If you were at a dinner party and the woman seated across from you was a wealthy, white, well-educated, liberal-to-moderate Democrat, it would be fairly safe for you to assume she supported gay marriage. But if that woman were Hillary Clinton, you’d have been wrong — at least until March […] Read more »
Memo to Establishment: Pay attention to this new report on the Republican Party
The defeat of Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor has prompted us to release this new and updated, full report of Democracy Corps’ Republican Party Project. The focus groups were conducted and reported last summer; the latest survey interviews were conducted in May and include results on immigration measures. The Republican […] Read more »
Gay marriage opponents don’t have much fight in them
… A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that 56 percent of Americans support the right of gay people to get married, and another 50 percent believe it’s a constitutional right. … The new poll also asked people how important the issue of gay marriage is to their vote for […] Read more »
Americans’ Ideology and Age Drive Gay Marriage Views
Ideology and a vast age gap mark public attitudes about gay marriage, supported in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll by 77 percent of adults under age 30 – vs. just half as many seniors. Most Americans overall, 56 percent, support allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally, not significantly […] Read more »
Most Americans Say Same-Sex Couples Entitled to Adopt
A clear majority of Americans (63%) say same-sex couples should have the legal right to adopt a child, the most to say so since Gallup began tracking opinions on the matter more than 20 years ago. This is higher than Americans’ support for same-sex marriage (55%). CONT. Art Swift, Gallup Read more »
New Record Highs in Moral Acceptability
The American public has become more tolerant on a number of moral issues, including premarital sex, embryonic stem cell research, and euthanasia. On a list of 19 major moral issues of the day, Americans express levels of moral acceptance that are as high or higher than in the past on […] Read more »