Sep 20, 2016

Q. The Federal Government intends to hold a national vote on same sex marriage in February next year. If the question was “Should the law be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry?” how would you vote?

Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other Men Women Aged 18-34 Aged 35-54 Aged 55+ Aug 2016 Yes 60% 70% 55% 88% 47% 55% 65% 72% 58% 50% 57% No 30% 22% 37% 5% 46% 36% 24% 20% 31% 40% 28% Don’t know 10% 8% 7% 7% 7% 9% 11% 8% 11% 10% 15%

60% would vote “yes” in a plebiscite on same-sex marriage and 30% would vote “no”. 10% did not know how they would vote – down 5% since August.

Those most likely to vote “yes” were Greens voters (88%), Labor voters (70%) and voters aged 18-34 (72%).

50% of those aged 65+ would vote “no”.