Polls on Same-Sex Marriage State Laws

[Nutmeg]

Doing slightly better in Montana than in Pennsylvania.

Montana: 37-51 against

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2011/12/montana-miscellaneous-poll.html

Damn look at the age cross-tab:

18-45 (I assume they meant 18-29) 69% legal, 24% illegal, 6% not sure
30-45: 40% legal, 49% illegal, 11% not sure
45-65: 34% legal, 52% illegal, 13% not sure
>65: 26% legal, 61% illegal, 13% not sure

It's only a matter of time Montana!

I am starting to realize that the correlation between age and views on this issue is even stronger than partisan affiliation and views on this issue.  Can we say so with confidence, though?

[Nutmeg]

That's a big shift for 4 months.

Not really; the margin of error is +/-3.5%.

[Nutmeg]

Here’s the ratio of conservatives to liberals according to the three polls:

PPP                  1.3
Edison             1.5
Gallup              2.0

Given these three data points, it looks like Gallup, not PPP, is the outlier.

[Nutmeg]

Maryland now favors it by a 50-44 margin, according to a new Washington Post poll:

Wow, that's a sea-change since 2004.

[Nutmeg]

Yes, but the thread title is "polls on same-sex marriage laws", not "legality of same sex marriage".

I agree. Even if something is legal, it's still interesting (even if perhaps relevant) to note public opinion regarding that thing.

[Nutmeg]

Might I humbly suggest just tracking popularity/approval of same-sex marriage by state?

Legality of same-sex marriage, or court rulings that might reflect this legality, could be considered a separate issue and included on a map of "legal status of same-sex marriage." This would really simplify the map. Plus it would be interesting to know, say, whether Iowans have come around to the policies their state supreme court imposed on them, or whether they continue to resist.

[Nutmeg]

it still applies today because it is a moral law, as opposed to a ceremonial law (such as the prohibition on eating pork, for example).

Why is that not ceremonial as well?