Full Survey Results
In 2023, the American Values Atlas conducted tens of thousands of interviews across every US state and the District of Columbia (https://ava.prri.org/#lgbt/2023/States/lgbt_ssm/m/US-DC), asking whether respondents support or oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally.
Question: "All in all, do you strongly favor, favor, oppose or strongly oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally?"
Oppose
Support
Survey Average (Unweighted)
31.3%
66.1%
- 1. Connecticut14%80%
- 15%81%
- 3. Vermont19%81%
- 20%80%
- 5. Washington20%78%
- 6. Nevada21%76%
- 7. New Jersey22%76%
- 8. Illinois21%74%
- 9. Oregon23%75%
- 10. New Hampshire23%75%
- 11. Alaska25%75%
- 12. New York23%73%
- 13. Minnesota24%73%
- 14. Wisconsin25%73%
- 15. Rhode Island23%71%
- 16. Virginia27%71%
- 17. Maryland27%71%
- 18. Colorado28%72%
- 19. Michigan27%69%
- 20. Arizona27%69%
- 21. New Mexico29%71%
- 22. Hawaii29%70%
- 23. Ohio29%69%
- 24. California29%68%
- 25. Maine30%67%
- 26. Pennsylvania31%66%
- 27. Delaware32%65%
- 28. Florida32%64%
- 29. Kansas33%65%
- 30. North Carolina34%65%
- 31. Utah34%65%
- 32. Indiana34%63%
- 33. Montana36%63%
- 34. Missouri35%61%
- 35. Wyoming36%62%
- 36. Texas36%62%
- 37. Georgia36%61%
- 38. Iowa35%60%
- 39. Idaho39%59%
- 40. Louisiana39%58%
- 41. North Dakota40%59%
- 42. South Dakota40%58%
- 43. Kentucky41%56%
- 44. Tennessee41%55%
- 45. Oklahoma41%55%
- 46. West Virginia42%54%
- 47. Nebraska43%54%
- 48. South Carolina45%52%
- 49. Alabama47%51%
- 50. Mississippi46%50%
- 51. Arkansas47%49%
Regions are ranked by the percentage of "support" responses out of the total responses (excluding participants who answered "don't know" or refused to answer).
Submitted by jadeywadey