Q. If the legislation required to conduct a same-sex marriage plebiscite is blocked by the Senate, should there be a vote in Parliament on same-sex marriage?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Vote yes | Vote no | |||
Should be a vote in Parliament | 53% | 60% | 46% | 82% | 53% | 74% | 22% | ||
Should not be a vote in Parliament | 29% | 23% | 38% | 11% | 32% | 14% | 61% | ||
Don’t know | 18% | 17% | 16% | 7% | 14% | 13% | 17% |
53% agree that if the legislation required to conduct a same-sex marriage plebiscite is blocked by the Senate, should there be a vote in Parliament on same-sex marriage and 29% think there should not be a vote.
Those most likely to favour a vote were Labor voters (60%), Greens voters (82%) and aged 18-24 (61%).
74% of those who would vote yes to same sex marriage in a national vote think there should be a vote in Parliament if the plebiscite is blocked by the Senate and 61% of those who would vote no think their should not be a vote in Parliament.