Party affiliation among who strongly favor or favor gay marriage by state (2014) Switch to: State among who strongly favor or favor gay marriage by political party

% of who strongly favor or favor gay marriage who identify as…

StateRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
Alabama37%9%54%162
Alaska22%31%46%176
Arizona29%21%50%359
Arkansas33%17%50%107
California23%18%59%2,340
Colorado31%16%53%311
Connecticut22%20%58%273
Delaware23%18%58%184
District of Columbia8%10%81%216
Florida30%17%53%1,076
Georgia31%18%51%423
Hawaii21%15%63%185
Idaho30%22%48%155
Illinois24%18%58%753
Indiana32%21%48%300
Iowa27%19%54%155
Kansas34%24%43%142
Kentucky33%12%56%156
Louisiana33%19%48%192
Maine25%13%62%204
Maryland22%17%61%394
Massachusetts21%17%62%514
Michigan22%20%59%506
Minnesota29%11%61%335
Missouri29%18%53%321
Montana34%17%49%163
Nebraska28%21%51%155
Nevada25%18%57%170
New Hampshire23%21%57%202
New Jersey23%19%58%527
New Mexico23%10%68%159
New York21%16%63%1,239
North Carolina27%14%60%461
North Dakota33%22%45%154
Ohio28%18%54%552
Oklahoma33%17%51%151
Oregon17%22%61%252
Pennsylvania26%14%60%719
Rhode Island25%14%61%192
South Carolina30%19%51%198
South Dakota31%14%54%147
Tennessee33%19%49%221
Texas31%19%50%1,132
Utah29%21%49%147
Vermont19%13%69%230
Virginia28%18%54%443
Washington21%20%59%454
West Virginia24%24%52%121
Wisconsin30%14%56%337
Wyoming41%20%39%151
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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