Q. The Federal Government intends to hold a national vote on same sex marriage. If the question was “Do you approve of a law to permit people of the same sex to marry?” how would you vote?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |||
Yes | 57% | 69% | 47% | 85% | 48% | 53% | 61% | 62% | 58% | 50% | ||
No | 28% | 21% | 39% | 5% | 42% | 33% | 24% | 21% | 29% | 37% | ||
Don’t know | 15% | 10% | 14% | 10% | 10% | 14% | 15% | 17% | 13% | 13% |
57% would vote “yes” in a plebiscite on same-sex marriage and 28% would vote “no”. 15% did not know how they would vote.
Those most likely to vote “yes” were Greens voters (85%), Labor voters (69%) and voters aged 18-34 (62%).
50% of those aged 65+ would vote “no”.