New Yorkers divided on gay marriage

[WillParkinson]

New Yorkers divided on gay marriage

(New York City) A new poll has found New York State voters evenly divided over whether same-sex couples should be allowed to marry.

The Siena College poll found 46 percent of those surveyed support gay marriage, while 46 percent were opposed.

The survey was taken between May 18 and 21 and involved 622 registered voters. The poll has a margin of error of 3.9 percentage points.

The numbers suggest that opposition to gay marriage is growing.

A similar Siena poll taken last month found support at 53 percent, with only 39 percent opposing gay marriage in New York state.

That is a drop in support of nearly 10 percent over a month. The new figures suggest that opposition is growing among independent voters, younger voters, women and African-Americans.

In New York City alone, the drop was consistent with the decline in support in other areas of the state.

The newest Siena poll numbers are similar to a Quinnipiac University poll earlier this month that also found voters evenly split.

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[xchrom]

1. recommend

[keepCAblue]

2. "opposition to gay marriage is growing"

that is bullshit...

[customerserviceguy]

3. Small sample sizes

produce widely divergent results, when polls are taken at different times, using different people.

It's hard to say which poll is the one that is wrong. Maybe if they polled several thousand New Yorkers, they'd get more consistent results.

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. I doubt it. No reason marraige = would be growing unpopular.

Isn't really getting a lot of press... despite the fact that it being fought over in Albany.

What coverage there is in MSM seems relatively positive.