People support gay marriage by 56% to 36% who are opposed, pretty
typical of
our previous polling on the subject. There are the same demographic
patterns
that we've seen in other polling on the subject - women are more
supportive
of gay marriage than men, and young people are MUCH more supportive than
over 60s. Asked if David Cameron should continue with the proposed
changes
in the face of opposition from some Conservative MPs the figures were
very
similar - 51% think he should continue regardless, 36% think he should
abandon the policy.
There is very little perception that supporting gay marriage will help
the
Conservatives electorally. Only 9% think it will help them, 17% damage
them,
66% think it will make no difference (needless to say, people's
perception
of whether it will help or hurt the Conservatives is not necessarily the
same as whether it will. Polling on how policies directly affect voting
intention is extremely dubious, but what there is suggests it is very
much a
case of swings and roundabouts - they lose about the same as they gain).
Asked how they would react to their own son or daughter being gay, 63%
of
people say they would be very or fairly comfortable with it. 17% say
they
would be fairly uncomfortable, 8% very uncomfortable.
The Times.
Sunday, 23 December 2012
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