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  • Dec, 2019

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    Impact of same-sex marriage

    Q. Same-sex marriage has now been legal in Australia for two years (since December 2017). To what extent do you think allowing same-sex people to marry has had a positive or negative impact on Australia?

      Total Federal Voting Intention
    Labor Coalition Greens NET: Other
    Strong positive impact 24% 28% 18% 43% 22%
    Somewhat positive impact 23% 27% 24% 22% 10%
    Neither positive, nor negative impact 38% 33% 43% 27% 38%
    Somewhat negative impact 7% 5% 8% 4% 10%
    Strong negative impact 8% 7% 8% 5% 21%
    NET: Positive impact 47% 55% 42% 65% 31%
    NET: Negative impact 15% 12% 15% 8% 31%
    Base (n) 1,035 339 356 106 116
    • 47% of participants say allowing same-sex people to marry has had a positive impact on Australia with only 15% saying this has had a negative impact.
    • Greens voters are most likely to say this has had a positive impact (65%) whereas 31% of other party or independent voters believe this has had a negative impact.
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