Polls

A new survey by Esquire and NBC News called American Rage polls 3,000 Americans to get a sense of what makes Americans angry.

The latest polls released this week affirm growing support for marriage equality in several states around the nation, as well as growing support for LGBT-inclusive workplace protections. But another poll suggests religious freedom should trump discrimination laws.

Support for same-sex marriage has reached a record high in California, while a majority of voters support laws to prohibit anti-gay discrimination, according to various state and national polls released this week.

Three national polls released this week find widespread support for marriage equality, just days before the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to consider the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, and California’s ban on same-sex marriage.

The ballot initiative to legalize same-sex marriage in Maine has a 13 percentage point lead over opponents in the latest poll conducted by Critical Insights for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram.

New York’s new marriage equality law has had its first “national” test. A Washington Post – ABC News poll found that there exists stark divisions in American feelings regarding New York’s recent passage of marriage equality.