Q. Do you support changing the law to allow same-sex couples to marry?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | Will
def-initely vote |
Will prob-ably vote | Will not vote | ||||
Yes | 57% | 71% | 49% | 69% | 43% | 48% | 65% | 65% | 56% | 50% | 67% | 57% | 22% | |||
No | 32% | 20% | 42% | 17% | 49% | 40% | 24% | 25% | 30% | 42% | 30% | 29% | 59% | |||
Don’t know | 11% | 9% | 10% | 14% | 8% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 14% | 8% | 3% | 15% | 19% |
57% support changing the law to allow same-sex couples to marry and 32% are opposed.
Those most in favour of changing the marriage laws are Labor voters (71%), Greens voters (69%), women (65%) and those aged 18-34 (65%).
Those who would definitely vote in the national survey are more likely to support same-sex marriage (67%).
A somewhat differently worded question asked in July showed 61% support for allowing same-sex couples to marry, 26% opposed and 13% don’t know.