Partisans Agree: Legal Recognition Inevitable % who sexmarriage say legal recognition of same sexmarriage legal recognition is inevitable"
The Pew Research Center survey, conducted May 12-18 among 2,002 adults, finds that partisans are as divided on this issue as ever: Today, 65% of Democrats and an identical percentage of independents favor gay marriage; only about one third (34%) of Republicans do so. Growing shares of all three groups support same-sex marriage, yet the differences between Democrats and Republicans are as wide today as they were a decade ago.
However, with same-sex marriage legal in 36 states (and the District of Columbia) and the possibility of a Supreme Court decision on its nationwide status, Republicans (72%) are just as likely as Democrats (72%) and independents (74%) to say that it is “inevitable” that same-sex marriage will be legally recognized.
Partisans Agree: Legal  | Recognition Inevitable  | % who sexmarriage say legal recognition of  | same sexmarriage legal recognition is inevitable"  | Total  | 72  | 72  | Republican  | 72  | Democrat  | Independ lent  | .74  | Survey conducted May 12-18 2015  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 