The Northern Ireland public would vote overwhelmingly in favour of same-sex marriage, the latest Lucid Talk tracker poll has found.

The Northern Ireland polling company runs regular online tracker polls on topical issues to register changes, trends and opinions.

Its established Northern Ireland opinion panel consists of 5,017 members over the age of 18. It is balanced by gender, age-group, area of residence, and community background, in order to be demographically representative of Northern Ireland.

For December tracker poll topics covered abortion, the constitution and the legalisation of Marijuana.

Also covered was the subject of same-sex marriage and if, as the Republic had, a referendum was held in Northern Ireland, what would the result be.

For a period of 60 hours between November 30 and December 2, 1,536 people responded to the survey. Those responses were boiled down to 1,080 in order to extrapolate the results to represent Northern Ireland.

And almost 70% of people said they were in support of it.

Lucid Talk managing director, Bill White explains: "As we see a healthy majority of Northern Ireland would support same-sex marriage.

"However, there are some warning signs. A majority of unionists (graph 2) are still against same-sex marriage, while nationalist/republicans (Graph 3) and Alliance/Green/PBP/Others (Graph 4) are overwhelmingly in favour, with both groups showing 90-95% support for same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.

"However, with a majority of unionists still against, this indicates that in a full blown referendum situation - with the DUP electoral machine in full opposition mode - then the final result could much closer than our polling might suggest."

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Key campaign groups fighting the rights reform conceded defeat, with results from around the country indicating a two to one majority of voters backing the constitutional change. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Drag queen and gay rights activist Rory O'Neill (centre), known by his stage name as Panti Bliss has his photo taken with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams and Minister for Justice and Equality Frances Fitzgerald (right) at the Central Count Centre in Dublin Castle, Dublin, as votes continue to be counted in the referendum on same-sex marriage. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. Ireland is set to enshrine the right to gay marriage in a historic world first. Key campaign groups fighting the rights reform conceded defeat, with results from around the country indicating a two to one majority of voters backing the constitutional change. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA The sun shines as people gather at the Central Count Centre in Dublin Castle, Dublin as votes are continued to be counted in the referendum on same-sex marriage. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. Ireland is set to enshrine the right to gay marriage in a historic world first. Key campaign groups fighting the rights reform conceded defeat, with results from around the country indicating a two to one majority of voters backing the constitutional change. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Erin Reddy (left) and Dee Campbell at the Central Count Centre in Dublin Castle, Dublin as votes are continued to be counted in the referendum on same-sex marriage. PA A gay marriage supporter kisses her rosary beads at the Central Count Centre in Dublin Castle, Dublin, as votes are continued to be counted in the referendum on same-sex marriage. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. Ireland is set to enshrine the right to gay marriage in a historic world first. Key campaign groups fighting the rights reform conceded defeat, with results from around the country indicating a two to one majority of voters backing the constitutional change. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Bridget Hogg with a cardboard cutout of comedy creation Mrs Brown at the Central Count Centre in Dublin Castle, Dublin as votes are continued to be counted in the referendum on same-sex marriage. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. Ireland is set to enshrine the right to gay marriage in a historic world first. Key campaign groups fighting the rights reform conceded defeat, with results from around the country indicating a two to one majority of voters backing the constitutional change. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Paul Bonass (left) and Luke Hoare Greene share a kiss at the Central Count Centre in Dublin Castle, Dublin as votes are continued to be counted in the referendum on same-sex marriage. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Jaime Nanci (left) and Michael Barron who were married in Cape Town five years ago at the RDS in Dublin, re-act as early patterns suggest that the campaign to extend the right to marry to same-sex couples will succeed in the referendum on same-sex marriage. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Sean O Tarpaigh, a yes campaigner and Irish language teacher, at the same-sex marriage referendum count centre at Dublin Castle. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Drag queen and gay rights activist Rory O'Neill, known by his stage name as Panti Bliss arrives at the Central Count Centre in Dublin Castle, Dublin, as votes continue to be counted in the referendum on same-sex marriage. PA Drag queen and gay rights activist Rory O'Neill, known by his stage name as Panti Bliss arrives at the Central Count Centre in Dublin Castle, Dublin, as votes continue to be counted in the referendum on same-sex marriage. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. Ireland is set to enshrine the right to gay marriage in a historic world first. Key campaign groups fighting the rights reform conceded defeat, with results from around the country indicating a two to one majority of voters backing the constitutional change. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Drag queen and gay rights activist Rory O'Neill, known by his stage name as Panti Bliss kisses Senator David Norris (left) as Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams looks on at the Central Count Centre in Dublin Castle, Dublin, as votes are continued to be counted in the referendum on same-sex marriage. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. Ireland is set to enshrine the right to gay marriage in a historic world first. Key campaign groups fighting the rights reform conceded defeat, with results from around the country indicating a two to one majority of voters backing the constitutional change. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Drag queen and gay rights activist Rory O'Neill (centre), known by his stage name as Panti Bliss with with Senator David Norris (left) and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams at the Central Count Centre in Dublin Castle, Dublin, as votes continue to be counted in the referendum on same-sex marriage. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. Ireland is set to enshrine the right to gay marriage in a historic world first. Key campaign groups fighting the rights reform conceded defeat, with results from around the country indicating a two to one majority of voters backing the constitutional change. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Drag queen and gay rights activist Rory O'Neill, known by his stage name as Panti Bliss arrives at the Central Count Centre in Dublin Castle, Dublin, as votes continue to be counted in the referendum on same-sex marriage. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. Ireland is set to enshrine the right to gay marriage in a historic world first. Key campaign groups fighting the rights reform conceded defeat, with results from around the country indicating a two to one majority of voters backing the constitutional change. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA People gather at the Central Count Centre in Dublin Castle, Dublin as votes are continued to be counted in the referendum on same-sex marriage. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. Ireland is set to enshrine the right to gay marriage in a historic world first. Key campaign groups fighting the rights reform conceded defeat, with results from around the country indicating a two to one majority of voters backing the constitutional change. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Seven month old Belle Duffy, held by her mother Deirdre Duffy as counting of votes continues in the referendums on same-sex marriage and presidential-age at the RDS in Dublin. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA YES voter Deirdre Duffy and her seventh month old daughter Belle, with YES campaigners (from left) Kristina Vaughan, Mark Dempsey, and Ger O'Keeffe as counting of votes continues in the referendums on same-sex marriage and presidential-age at the RDS in Dublin. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Senator David Norris (right) with Andrew Hyland of YES Equality at the counting of votes in Irish referendum on same-sex marriage. Pic Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Ballot boxes are emptied as counting of votes in the referendums on same-sex marriage and presidential-age is under way at the RDS in Dublin this morning. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Official tally Rhonda Donaghy and James McGrath wait for counting of votes in the referendums on same-sex marriage and presidential-age to get under way at the RDS in Dublin this morning. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Sorcha Nic Mhathuna waits for counting of votes in the referendums on same-sex marriage and presidential-age to get under way at the RDS in Dublin this morning. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Official tally Rhonda Donaghy waits for counting of votes in the referendums on same-sex marriage and presidential-age to get under way at the RDS in Dublin this morning. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Ballot boxes are unlocked as counting of votes in the referendums on same-sex marriage and presidential-age to get under way at the RDS in Dublin this morning. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Counting of votes in the referendums on same-sex marriage and presidential-age gets under way at the RDS in Dublin this morning. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Official tally Rhonda Donaghy and James McGrath wait for counting of votes in the referendums on same-sex marriage and presidential-age to get under way at the RDS in Dublin this morning. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 23, 2015. See PA story IRISH GayMarriage. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Senator David Norris arrives at the RDS as counting of votes in the referendums on same-sex marriage and presidential-age get under way at the RDS in Dublin.Brian Lawless/PA Wire PA Newly married couple Anne Fox (nee Cole) and Vincent Fox kiss to celebrate their wedding and also show their support for the Yes campaign in favour of same-sex marriage before casting their votes at a polling station on May 22, 2015 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) Getty Images Newly married couple Anne Fox (nee Cole) and Vincent Fox celebrate their wedding day by showing their support for the Yes campaign in favour of same-sex marriage as they cast their votes at a polling station on May 22, 2015 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) Getty Images Carmelite sisters leave a polling station in Malahide, County Dublin, Ireland, Friday, May 22, 2015. AP A gay couple pose holding hands as they walk out of a polling station after voting in Drogheda, north Dublin on May 22, 2015. Ireland took to the polls today to vote on whether same-sex marriage should be legal, in a referendum that has exposed sharp divisions between communities in this traditionally Catholic nation. AFP PHOTO / Paul FaithPAUL FAITH/AFP/Getty Images AFP/Getty Images Civil partners of four years Paul Higgins (left) and Richard Lucey, who have been in a relationship together for 19 years, prepare to cast their votes at their polling station in Cabra, Dublin for the referendum on gay marriage. PA A homeless person lays beneath a billboard poster promoting the Yes campaign in favour of same-sex marriage on May 22, 2015 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) Getty Images A man walks past billboard posters promoting the Yes campaign in favour of same-sex marriage on May 22, 2015 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) Getty Images A man walks past a mural promoting the Yes campaign in favour of same-sex marriage on May 22, 2015 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) Getty Images Pedestrians walk past a mural in favour of same-sex marriages in Dublin. AFP/Getty Images Members of the Yes Equality campaign gather in the center of Dublin, Ireland. People from across the Republic of Ireland will vote in a referendum on the legalization of gay marriage, a vote that pits the power of the Catholic Church against the secular-minded Irish government of Enda Kenny. AP 16/5/2015.Marriage Equality Referendum. With just six days to go for the voting on the Marriage Equality Referendum on Friday 22 of May, the debate about margins continues with the Yes Vote appearing to be way out in front, particularly in the large cities, but with a fear that in the countryside there may be a large silent No Vote lingering in the long grass. Photo shows people passing a large Yes poster in Dublin City Centre.Photo Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland Photocall Ireland USI (Union of Students in Ireland) launches 'VoterMotor' a campaign to get the student vote out for the Marriage Equality Referendum. Sister Loreto Ryan of the Sisters of Charity casts her vote at a polling station in Drumcondra, north Dublin on May 22, 2015. Ireland took to the polls today to vote on whether same-sex marriage should be legal, in a referendum that has exposed sharp divisions between communities in this traditionally Catholic nation. AFP/Getty Images Sister Loreto Ryan of the Sisters of Charity leaves after voting at a polling station in Drumcondra, north Dublin on May 22, 2015. Ireland took to the polls today to vote on whether same-sex marriage should be legal, in a referendum that has exposed sharp divisions between communities in this traditionally Catholic nation. AFP/Getty Images Tanaiste Joan Burton arrives to cast her vote at St Joseph's National School in Cabra, Dublin for the referendum on gay marriage. PA Tanaiste Joan Burton arrives to cast her vote at St Joseph's National School in Cabra, Dublin for the referendum on gay marriage. PA Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald casts her vote at St Joseph's National School in Cabra, Dublin for the referendum on gay marriage. PA Posters in favour of same-sex marriage sit in the window of a clothing shop in Dublin on May 21, 2015. AFP/Getty Images A mural in favour of same-sex marriage is pictured on a wall in Dublin on May 21, 2015. AFP/Getty Images Pedestrians walk past anti same-sex marriage posters in Dublin on May 21, 2015. Ireland goes to the polls tomorrow to vote on whether same-sex marriage should be legal, in a referendum that has exposed sharp divisions between communities in this traditionally Catholic nation. AFP PHOTO / PAUL FAITHPAUL FAITH/AFP/Getty Images AFP/Getty Images Pedestrians walk past a mural in favour of same-sex marriages in Dublin. AFP/Getty Images A Mural in favour of same-sex marriages in Dublin on May 21, 2015. Ireland goes to the polls tomorrow to vote on whether same-sex marriage should be legal, in a referendum that has exposed sharp divisions between communities in this traditionally Catholic nation. AFP/Getty Images Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny arrives to meet with members of the Yes Equality campaign during a photo call in Dublin, Ireland. The Irish Prime Minister is appealing to Ireland's voters to support the legalization of gay marriage in a referendum that pits the power of the Catholic Church against his government. AP Declan Waters, owner of the Holy Love Information Centre, adjust his Irish flag as it flys above anti same-sex "Vote No" posters in Knock, west Ireland. In the village of Knock in the west of Ireland, support for a "No" vote in the May 22 same-sex marriage referendum is strong, as it is in many rural areas where the Catholic Church still holds sway. AFP/Getty Images A woman walks past anti same-sex "Vote No" posters in Knock, west Ireland. In the village of Knock in the west of Ireland, support for a "No" vote in the May 22 same-sex marriage referendum is strong, as it is in many rural areas where the Catholic Church still holds sway. AFP/Getty Images Comedian Oliver Callan takes part in A Noble Call for Marriage Equality, an arts event in support of a Yes vote in Ireland's Gay marriage referendum, at the Abbey Theater in Dublin. PA / Facebook

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"Not surprisingly the vast majority of young people (i.e. 18-24 year-olds) support same-sex marriage (Graph 5). This includes a majority of unionists within this age-group at 71%.

"This latter result goes against the overall unionist 'against' score of 54%."

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