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    [OC] Support for same-sex marriage has declined among Republicans

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    3. poplglop on

      tbh I would assume a significant number of Republicans that support same sex marriage simply stopped calling themselves Republicans. I anecdotally know a bunch of classical pre-2016 conservatives that now call themselves Independent, some who even who voted for Trump the first time around, but the co-opting of GOP by the Cult of MAGA has driven many of those moderate conservatives away. Those who remain are hard liners.

    5. llama_titan on

      So are people changing their views, or did people who supported same-sex marriage stop describing themselves as Republican?

    6. whatafuckinusername on

      Overall support has only dropped 2% because it’s increased in other political demographics

    7. Jackdaw99 on

      It’s just bizarre to me that a significant number — 14% — of people who thought same-sex marriage was just fine a few years ago have now decided it isn’t. I mean, sure, Trumpism makes some attitudes more acceptable, but these surveys are, I assume, anonymous, and that’s a huge shift, for an existing policy that has gotten no other bad PR.

      EDIT: According to this, self-described party affiliation has barely changed in the last four or five years, so that can’t be the reason. [https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx](https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx)

    8. Taskebab on

      To be fair, my support for rights for republicans has declined as well the past few years, so ah well, comme-ci comme-ca

    9. MetallicGray on

      It’ll never not baffle me that the people that preach freedoms and right to live their life how they wish, so vehemently want to control other peoples lives and not let them live how they wish because they… are upset they kiss the same gender?

    12. bahumat42 on

      Is it possible that the republicans who previously supported it no longer identify as republicans.

    14. Burgdawg on

      It’s up in Democrats and independents as well because the sane and non-fascists are leaving the Republicans.

    15. veryblanduser on

      But all independents are just republicans too embarrassed to admit it I thought…..

    16. wolf_at_the_door1 on

      Fox News has pumped a ton of anti-trans propaganda in recent years. I imagine this had downstream effects. Couple this with Republicans overall hatred for pride and the LGBTQ+ community and sooner or later people start disliking the gays again.

    19. network_dude on

      Why does anyone even care?

      People are just following what comes naturally to them. It harms no one.

    20. eric_b0x on

      Because being a evangelical fake-ass Christian is the in thing right now with MAGAs.

    21. liljakeyplzandthnx on

      Interesting that the net percentage went down from 24 to 25 despite Dems and Independents jumping

    23. ImpressSeveral3007 on

      In other news, water is wet. Project 2025 is well underway. You’re only safe from Republicans if you are white, straight and male.

    24. Mr_1990s on

      The is a chart that shows the absurdity of “woke Democrats” as a common label.

      It’s the most famous social issue of the 21st century and independents are close to Democrats on the subject.

      Republicans are way off track.

    27. rajde1 on

      It’s interesting that during the first Trump presidency it was still going up and has since started to decline.

    28. Designer_Junket_9347 on

      And so has my support for Republicans. The white trash party of America!

    29. StopSpinningLikeThat on

      The Republican platform has but one plank: Hate for “the other.”

    30. DougOsborne on

      This is one quick court case from being reversed.

      Are you all happy with your votes since 2016?

    31. Fifteen_inches on

      Makes sense, the GOP has been really upping their propaganda campaign that all queer people are child molesters.

    33. Specialist-Gene-4299 on

      Fuck ’em, who cares. Same-sex marriage got passed without their support the first time.

    35. TimmyTimeify on

      Proof that Republicans can be negatively polarized to believe in basically anything at this point

    36. Technicalhotdog on

      This is an alarming trend. The amount of backsliding we’re doing as a society is concerning to say the least

    37. Jsaun906 on

      Republicans views on same sex marriage (and abortion, and healthcare, and education) trend downwards the closer we are to the next presidential election. Their opinions are solely formed around what fox news and other right wing media tell them to believe. Media rhetoric starts getting more intense once election season begins. Unfortunately America is in election season 50% of the time because people start campaigning two years before the actual election.

    38. super_pwr_bttm on

      Imagine not being gay and caring THIS much about gay people getting married. Don’t the pitchfork carrying, pronoun-fearing conservatives have anything better to do?

    39. MEGA_gamer_915 on

      It’s a mixed bag. When same sex marriage was legalized nationally, the press surrounding it was generally in favor. Currently the Republican Party is preaching that God needs to return to American households, so it’s not surprising to see more republicans being more strict on religious views.

      I also saw a comment that a lot of pro same sex marriage republicans probably don’t identity as such anymore.

    41. nemom on

      Trump announced his second campaign in 2022. He gave his followers permission to hate again.

    43. Darth_Vadaa on

      2020-2023 was around the time where Republicans were becoming more mask off with what they wanted to do to our democracy and institutions, so I’m sure the very few people who supported gay marriage but identified as Republicans stopped identifying as them because they saw what their party truly wanted: religious theocracy.

      That massive dive for example from 2022-2023 correlates to the boost that independents got that same year.

    44. OtisssNixon on

      I just can’t imagine caring what other people do with their sex lives this much. Bunch of weirdos.

    45. drjamesincandenza on

      Trans over-reach. “Men are women, women are men, and if you even doubt it for a second, you’re a TRANSPHOBE! BIGOT! BIGOT!”

      I hear people claiming that we in LGB community need the T’s. I disagree. The only reason to include the T’s is because so many of them are actually just gay kids that have been transed (something like 80% of “trans kids” are just gay kids who are looking for an outward solution to their parents’, society’s, and their own internalized homophobia.) The angry, strident, irrational T’s over the past 8 or so years have done untold damage to our movement.

      LGBs: We love just like you do, only people of the same sex.

      T: We are born into the wrong body.

      These are not even vaguely related, except that we are both oppressed. By that metric, maybe we should include poly people, as well?

    46. turb0_encapsulator on

      how does a party that is so out of touch with the mainstream on nearly every issue get elected?

    47. pinktieoptional on

      I wonder if it’s because LGB has chained itself to T. And T has some serious image problems.

    48. Think_Treacle_2348 on

      All sections fluctuate according to this, dems will go down next year, republicans up.

      Seems it depends who they ask on the day!