Support for same-sex marriage reached a record high in the United States, a national poll found.
Seventy percent of respondents to a Gallup poll released on Tuesday said marriages between same-sex couples should be recognized as “valid” and “with the same rights as traditional marriages.”
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The approval rating is the highest in the 25 years since Gallup started tracking the trend. Only 27% of respondents in 1996 approved of same-sex marriage, while that number rose to 60% by the time the Supreme Court ruled that such marriages are protected in the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision.
Republicans’ support for same-sex marriage has nearly doubled over the past 10 years and sits at 55%, marking the first time in the poll’s history that a majority of the GOP is in favor of it.
Comparatively, 83% of Democrats said same-sex marriages should be recognized as valid under the law, an increase of 14 percentage points over the past decade.
The younger generations are more supportive of same-sex marriage, though a majority in every age range supports it, the breakdown by age showed.
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For the first time, over 70% of respondents between ages 35 and 54 support same-sex marriage, while 60% of people 55 or older support it. Eighty-four percent of the 18-34 demographic supports it.
The poll was conducted between May 3 and May 18 and included 1,016 adults, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
