| National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted June 22, 2006 by Rasmussen Reports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Party | Ideology | Define Marriage | Religious Affiliation | Religious Attendance | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Between Man and Woman | Between Any Two People | Not Sure | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Rarely or Never | Occasionally | About Once a Month | Two or Three Times a Month | At least once a week | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | ||
| Define Marriage | Between Man and Woman | 68% | 85% | 57% | 62% | 88% | 65% | 34% | 73% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 84% | 74% | 66% | 51% | 54% | 61% | 68% | 69% | 79% | 66% | 71% | 64% | 55% | 68% | 65% | 70% | 79% | 74% | 59% | 73% | 65% | 72% | 69% | 70% | 65% | 68% | 49% | 68% | 58% | 62% | 65% | 81% | 66% |
| Between Any Two People | 29% | 14% | 41% | 31% | 10% | 30% | 63% | 21% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 13% | 21% | 31% | 45% | 45% | 32% | 27% | 24% | 19% | 13% | 27% | 31% | 41% | 27% | 30% | 27% | 18% | 24% | 36% | 25% | 30% | 26% | 27% | 26% | 32% | 29% | 50% | 26% | 37% | 37% | 32% | 16% | 28% | |
| Not Sure | 4% | 2% | 2% | 8% | 2% | 6% | 2% | 7% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 6% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 21% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 6% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Define Marriage | Religious Affiliation | Religious Attendance | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Between Man and Woman | Between Any Two People | Not Sure | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Rarely or Never | Occasionally | About Once a Month | Two or Three Times a Month | At least once a week | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | ||
| Who Should Determine Issues Like Same Sex Marriage | Judges | 12% | 11% | 12% | 15% | 12% | 10% | 17% | 11% | 9% | 21% | 14% | 13% | 10% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 11% | 14% | 9% | 13% | 8% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 16% | 14% | 11% | 12% | 14% | 11% | 14% | 12% | 15% | 10% | 11% | 8% | 20% | 22% | 2% | 23% | 14% | 11% | 11% | 9% |
| Elected Officials | 5% | 7% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 6% | 6% | 0% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 8% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 0% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 10% | |
| Voters | 67% | 71% | 63% | 66% | 75% | 66% | 60% | 56% | 73% | 55% | 53% | 69% | 68% | 68% | 63% | 70% | 74% | 74% | 55% | 64% | 59% | 69% | 65% | 62% | 71% | 66% | 68% | 67% | 69% | 63% | 69% | 66% | 65% | 64% | 73% | 76% | 65% | 64% | 74% | 58% | 77% | 68% | 69% | 59% | |
| Not Sure | 15% | 11% | 18% | 17% | 10% | 19% | 15% | 23% | 13% | 18% | 33% | 11% | 15% | 14% | 19% | 13% | 8% | 9% | 29% | 16% | 33% | 12% | 18% | 18% | 8% | 14% | 17% | 15% | 12% | 19% | 12% | 16% | 16% | 21% | 11% | 13% | 10% | 9% | 19% | 12% | 6% | 18% | 14% | 21% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Define Marriage | Religious Affiliation | Religious Attendance | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Between Man and Woman | Between Any Two People | Not Sure | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Rarely or Never | Occasionally | About Once a Month | Two or Three Times a Month | At least once a week | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | ||
| How Do Most Believe Marriage Should Be Defined | Between Man and Woman | 83% | 92% | 78% | 79% | 90% | 86% | 71% | 75% | 96% | 56% | 57% | 92% | 90% | 80% | 72% | 78% | 83% | 92% | 86% | 87% | 72% | 86% | 81% | 74% | 90% | 76% | 87% | 87% | 89% | 75% | 88% | 81% | 82% | 86% | 84% | 93% | 90% | 76% | 80% | 74% | 77% | 86% | 92% | 78% |
| Between Any Two People | 9% | 5% | 15% | 7% | 5% | 10% | 18% | 6% | 1% | 30% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 13% | 16% | 15% | 14% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 0% | 5% | 13% | 16% | 5% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 13% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 6% | 10% | 6% | 5% | 17% | 15% | 14% | 18% | 7% | 5% | 8% | |
| Not Sure | 7% | 3% | 7% | 13% | 5% | 4% | 11% | 19% | 3% | 14% | 38% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 12% | 7% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 28% | 9% | 7% | 10% | 5% | 11% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 12% | 3% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 1% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 11% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 15% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Define Marriage | Religious Affiliation | Religious Attendance | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Between Man and Woman | Between Any Two People | Not Sure | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Rarely or Never | Occasionally | About Once a Month | Two or Three Times a Month | At least once a week | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | ||
| Who Should Decide About Gay and Lesbian Pastors | Churches | 86% | 89% | 80% | 90% | 89% | 89% | 83% | 68% | 89% | 79% | 85% | 93% | 89% | 84% | 79% | 81% | 83% | 89% | 94% | 88% | 70% | 89% | 83% | 84% | 83% | 85% | 88% | 87% | 88% | 82% | 87% | 86% | 83% | 85% | 87% | 91% | 92% | 92% | 88% | 90% | 85% | 87% | 89% | 75% |
| Government Should Require | 7% | 7% | 10% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 23% | 5% | 12% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 11% | 11% | 13% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 0% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 10% | 5% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 6% | 13% | |
| Not Sure | 7% | 4% | 10% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 11% | 9% | 6% | 9% | 14% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 4% | 8% | 4% | 8% | 30% | 4% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 9% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 9% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 8% | 2% | 7% | 8% | 4% | 12% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Define Marriage | Religious Affiliation | Religious Attendance | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Between Man and Woman | Between Any Two People | Not Sure | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Rarely or Never | Occasionally | About Once a Month | Two or Three Times a Month | At least once a week | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | ||
| Appropriate for Gay and Lesbian Pastors in Christian Church | Yes | 35% | 23% | 45% | 38% | 19% | 41% | 56% | 36% | 14% | 83% | 42% | 15% | 30% | 44% | 49% | 49% | 34% | 36% | 31% | 27% | 36% | 31% | 39% | 40% | 34% | 36% | 37% | 29% | 31% | 42% | 33% | 37% | 29% | 30% | 35% | 32% | 33% | 60% | 35% | 57% | 39% | 33% | 26% | 35% |
| No | 54% | 70% | 45% | 46% | 72% | 47% | 29% | 59% | 76% | 5% | 15% | 80% | 57% | 43% | 39% | 38% | 56% | 41% | 55% | 67% | 54% | 58% | 50% | 51% | 52% | 49% | 54% | 60% | 60% | 42% | 61% | 50% | 60% | 58% | 54% | 56% | 51% | 34% | 54% | 38% | 54% | 53% | 63% | 50% | |
| Not Sure | 11% | 7% | 10% | 17% | 8% | 12% | 14% | 5% | 9% | 12% | 43% | 5% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 10% | 23% | 14% | 6% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 14% | 15% | 9% | 11% | 8% | 15% | 6% | 13% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 12% | 15% | 6% | 10% | 4% | 6% | 14% | 11% | 15% | |