Those with university degrees and with higher incomes are significantly more likely to back marriage equality, the ABC’s Vote Compass research suggests.
573,444 people filled out the ABC’s online political poll ahead of the Federal Election – and newly-released breakdowns of the results show which Australians are most likely to resist marriage equality.
As we might expect, the ‘age’ graph shows that older voters are more likely to agree with the phrase “marriage should only be between a man and a woman.”
Over 40% of those aged 55 and over ‘strongly agreed’ with the phrase, while 58% of 18-34 year olds ‘strongly disagreed’ with it.
Predicably, those survey users who said they had ‘no religion’ were much more likely have an inclusive view on marriage, while Protestants were particularly in favour of traditional marriage.
Women were more supportive of marriage equality than men:
52% of single people disagreed with the phrase “marriage should only be between a man and a woman,” but that reduces to 31% among those who are themselves married.
Strangely, those who are particularly keen and engaged followers of politics seem to think less inclusively about marriage:
Queensland was the state where the most people on average agreed with the traditional marriage phrase, followed by Tasmania, WA, and the NT. The ACT and Victoria are where you’ll find the most people who disagree with the ‘man and woman only’ philosophy of marriage.
Then there’s the breakdown of the data by Vote Intention, showing clearly that the voters’ views on marriage are most likely to match their chosen party’s policies. We see strong marriage equality support from Green and Labor voters, while Coalition voters tend to favour traditional marriage, just like our new Prime Minister does.
We’ve picked a few highlights here, but the full table of results from the ABC’s Vote Compass Explorer is well worth a look – see it here on the ABC’s website.
Be part of the movement towards equal marriage for everyone in Australia. Find out all about the Australian Marriage Equality campaign here on its official website.
Author: Matt Akersten
Publication: samesame.com.au
Date: 11 November 2013
See original article here http://www.samesame.com.au/news/8464/Who-agrees-that-marriage-should-only-be-between-a-man-and-a-woman.htm