What percentage of the population opposes gay marriage and the death penalty?
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« on: August 29, 2011, 07:49:43 PM »

I was kind of surprised to notice in the Wisconsin votes on both that there were more anti-gay marriage than pro-death penalty.

I'd imagine this is quite rare today, though it obviously wasn't in the 80s and 90s. Today it's probably mostly blacks and some religious olds in churches with this position (like the Catholic Church and United Methodist), so maybe about 20% total.
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« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2011, 07:58:23 PM »

According to the latest polling I've seen, something like 46% oppose gay marriage and 29% oppose the death penalty.
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« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2011, 08:50:11 PM »

5-6%, 85% of whom are Catholic.
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« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2011, 10:30:44 PM »
« Edited: August 29, 2011, 10:53:54 PM by Likely Voter »

Opposition to gay marriage is currently in the mid 40s and declining
http://pollingreport.com/civil.htm

Opposition to death penalty is around 30%. It had been increasing but seems to have plateaued in the last few years.
http://www.pollingreport.com/crime.htm

As the views are both less than 50% and come from opposite sides of political spectrum in general, there is likely very little overlap, except with (as noted) some devoted Catholics.
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« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2011, 11:08:02 PM »

I'd imagine this is quite rare today, though it obviously wasn't in the 80s and 90s. Today it's probably mostly blacks and some religious olds in churches with this position (like the Catholic Church and United Methodist), so maybe about 20% total.

Barely a majority (abeit a rapidly increasing one) support gay marriage now, and a substantial majority opposed it only a few years ago.  The issue has only become salient over the last few years, far too early for the number of gay marriage opponents to fall below that of death penalty supporters.  People over 30 have been socialized to oppose gay marriage for several decades of their lives, the numbers can't reasonably be expected to change that drastically practically overnight.
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« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2011, 02:06:47 PM »

about 10%
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