Q. Regardless of your opinion about same-sex marriage, do you think it is likely or unlikely that the laws will be changed in the next few years to allow same-sex marriage?
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Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
Feb 2015 |
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Total likely |
69% |
69% |
72% |
79% |
62% |
56% |
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|
Total unlikely |
20% |
20% |
19% |
13% |
28% |
28% |
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|
Very likely |
31% |
35% |
26% |
44% |
32% |
15% |
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|
Likely |
38% |
34% |
46% |
35% |
30% |
41% |
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|
Unlikely |
14% |
16% |
13% |
12% |
12% |
22% |
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|
Very unlikely |
6% |
4% |
6% |
1% |
16% |
6% |
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|
Don’t know |
11% |
11% |
8% |
8% |
11% |
16% |
69% think it is likely that the laws will be changed in the next few years to allow same-sex marriage and 20% think it is unlikely.
This is a substantial shift since this question was asked in February.
Those thinking it likely that the laws will be changed has increased 13 percentage points and those thinking it is unlikely has declined 8 percentage points. While expectations that the laws will be changed has increased across the board, it has increased most with Liberal/National voters – from 52% to 72%.