Majority Support For Gay Marriage In Arizona
- By
- On Top Magazine Staff
- | May 14, 2013
A new poll shows a majority of adults in Arizona support gay marriage.
According to a Rocky Mountain Poll of 700 adults released Tuesday, 55 percent of Arizonans favor marriage equality, while 35 percent remain opposed.
Groups in support include women (60%), Hispanics (75%), liberals (67%), moderates (64%), independents (64%), Democrats (70%) and voters under 55 years of age (60%).
Additionally, voters over 54 years of age favor such unions by a 46-40 percent margin.
Majorities of Republicans (53%) and conservatives (51%) remain opposed.
A May, 2012 Public Policy Polling survey of 500 Arizona voters found strong support for either marriage (39%) or civil unions (38%) for gay and lesbian couples. Only 21 percent of respondents said there should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship.
However, Tuesday's poll is the first to find majority support for marriage equality in Arizona.
In 2008, voters overwhelmingly (56-43%) approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a heterosexual union.