Support for same-sex marriage in the United States has reached a record high, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday .
Support for same-sex marriage reaches a record high of 70 percent
The poll found that 70 percent of U.S.
respondents said marriages between same-sex couples should be recognized by law as valid, an increase of 3 percentage points since June 2020 .
Gallup found that the latest surge in support for same-sex marriage was driven by Republicans, with 55 percent saying it should be recognized as valid.
This is the first time Gallup recorded a majority of Republicans supporting same-sex marriage.
Meanwhile, 73 percent of independents expressed support for same-sex marriage, slightly above the 68 to 71 percent range recorded in recent years.
In addition, 83 percent of Democrats expressed support for same-sex marriage, remaining steady in recent years.
Gallup began assessing Americans’ views on same-sex marriage in 1996, and found at that time that only 27 percent of Americans supported legal recognition of gay and lesbian marriages.
Gallup said it first recorded majority support for same-sex marriage in 2011.
When the Supreme Court ruled that all states must recognize same-sex marriage in 2015, support for same-sex marriage reached 60 percent.
The latest Gallup poll surveyed 1,016 adults between May 3 and May 18, 2021. The margin of sampling error is 4 percentage points.
This is the first time Gallup recorded a majority of Republicans supporting same-sex marriage.
Gallup said it first recorded majority support for same-sex marriage in 2011.
The latest Gallup poll surveyed 1,016 adults between May 3 and May 18, 2021. The margin of sampling error is 4 percentage points.
