Poll Shows No Majority for Gay Marriage

WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York Democratic primary voters favor gay marriage but not by a majority, a new survey shows.

REPORTER: Of 602 likely voters, 48 percent favored gay marriage while 32 percent opposed it, says Jonathan Trichter, director of a state election study poll done by Pace University.

TRICHTER: When you talk about Democrats who vote in New York's primaries, you're talking about a very liberal subset of the general population so for gay marriage not to muster a majority among these liberal voters is significant.

REPORTER: Voters also said jobs, affordable housing and education were among their top concerns in this election year.

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