Support for Same-Sex Marriage by Age and State
Posted By admin on November 6, 2009
John L. sent in a link to a visual illustrating support for gay marriage by state and age:
The data supports the notion that younger people are more supportive of gay marriage than older people. I also think it’s interesting that, even in states that we normally consider quite hostile to gay rights (the ones at the bottom of the table), there is still a significant age difference: 18-29 year-olds in Alabama, for example, are more supportive of gay marriage than people 65 and older in Massachusetts. So, while we like to think about states as “liberal” or “conservative,” spreading out the data by age tells a much more complicated story.
For more data on support for gay rights, see here and here.
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