CIVITAS INSTITUTE / NORTH CAROLINA STATEWIDE STUDY / OCTOBER 15-18, 2014
The North Carolina constitution recognizes marriage as being between one man and one woman. This was approved by a vote of North Carolina voters in a referendum. A federal
judge recently ruled this was unconstitutional and directed the state to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. Which of the following statements comes closer to your
opinion:
The decision to allow same sex marriage in North Carolina should have been left with North Carolina voters and not an unelected federal judge.
Same sex couples should have the right to marry marriage and the judge was right in ruling the way he did.
BANNER 1
KEY REGIONS
GENDER
AGE
PARTY REG
IDEOLOGY
RACE
=================================== =========== ============================= ================= ================= =================
TRINORTH PIEDWESTANGLE SOUTH -EAST MONT CHARL ERN
TOTAL
-EAST NC
TRIAD -OTTE NC
MEN WOMEN 18-25 26-40 41-55 56-65 66+
GOP
DEM
IND
LIB
MOD CONS BLACK WHITE OTHER
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
(G)
(H)
(I)
(J)
(K)
(L)
(M)
(N)
(O)
(P)
(Q)
(R)
(S)
(T)
(U)
(V)
(W)
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
BASE=TOTAL SAMPLE
600
100%
118
20%
97
16%
66
11%
114
19%
127
21%
78
13%
288
48%
312
52%
31
5%
90
15%
169
28%
127
21%
182
30%
216
36%
252
42%
132
22%
104
17%
205
34%
258
43%
132
22%
432
72%
26
4%
**D/S (LEFT WITH VOTERS JUDGE WAS RIGHT)
165
27%
27
23%
F
37
38%
BF
21
32%
F
44
39%
BF
13
10%
22
28%
F
100
35%
I
64
21%
-7
-22%
21
23%
J
49
29%
J
39
30%
J
62
34%
Jk
140
65%
PQ
1
1%
24
18%
P
-39
-37%
-2
-1%
R
191
74%
RS
25
19%
130
30%
U
4
16%
THE DECISION SHOULD HAVE
BEEN LEFT WITH NORTH
CAROLINA VOTERS
353
59%
67
57%
61
64%
F
40
60%
75
66%
F
62
48%
47
61%
180
63%
i
172
55%
11
35%
52
58%
j
101
60%
J
78
61%
J
110
60%
J
171
79%
PQ
110
44%
71
54%
p
29
28%
88
43%
R
216
84%
RS
68
52%
263
61%
15
56%
THE JUDGE WAS RIGHT IN
RULING THE WAY HE DID
188
31%
40
34%
24
25%
19
28%
31
27%
49
38%
c
26
33%
80
28%
108
35%
18
57%
kLMN
31
35%
52
31%
39
31%
48
26%
32
15%
109
43%
O
48
36%
O
68
66%
ST
90
44%
T
25
10%
43
33%
133
31%
10
40%
DON'T KNOW/REFUSED
59
10%
12
10%
11
11%
8
11%
7
6%
17
13%
eg
5
6%
27
10%
32
10%
3
8%
6
7%
16
9%
10
8%
24
13%
13
6%
33
13%
O
13
10%
6
6%
28
14%
rT
17
7%
21
16%
v
36
8%
1
4%
Significance Z-testing shown at 95% in UPPERCASE and 90% in lowercase in the groupings: B/C/D/E/F/G H/I J/K/L/M/N O/P/Q R/S/T U/V/W
N A T I O N A L
R E S E A R C H
I N C
CIVITAS INSTITUTE / NORTH CAROLINA STATEWIDE STUDY / OCTOBER 15-18, 2014
The North Carolina constitution recognizes marriage as being between one man and one woman. This was approved by a vote of North Carolina voters in a referendum. A federal
judge recently ruled this was unconstitutional and directed the state to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. Which of the following statements comes closer to your
opinion:
The decision to allow same sex marriage in North Carolina should have been left with North Carolina voters and not an unelected federal judge.
Same sex couples should have the right to marry marriage and the judge was right in ruling the way he did.
BANNER 2
BASE=TOTAL SAMPLE
VOTE
GENDER/AGE
PARTY REG/GENDER
LIKELIHOOD
VOTE PLAN
=================================== =================================== =========== ===========
MEN
MEN
MEN WOMEN WOMEN WOMEN GOP
GOP
DEM
DEM
IND
IND CERDECID
TOTAL 18-44 45-64 65+ 18-44 45-64 65+
MEN WOMEN MEN WOMEN MEN WOMEN TAIN PROB KNOW -ING
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
(G)
(H)
(I)
(J)
(K)
(L)
(M)
(N)
(O)
(P)
(Q)
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----600
100%
80
13%
118
20%
89
15%
76
13%
134
22%
102
17%
113
19%
103
17%
103
17%
149
25%
72
12%
60
10%
534
89%
48
8%
382
64%
185
31%
**D/S (LEFT WITH VOTERS JUDGE WAS RIGHT)
165
27%
22
28%
E
46
39%
EF
32
36%
EF
4
5%
27
20%
E
34
33%
EF
65
75
57%
73%
JKM HJKLM
3
3%
KM
-1
-1%
M
33
45%
JKM
-9
-15%
143
27%
18
37%
93
24%
67
36%
P
THE DECISION SHOULD HAVE
BEEN LEFT WITH NORTH
CAROLINA VOTERS
353
59%
49
61%
76
64%
e
56
63%
e
37
49%
76
57%
59
58%
84
75%
JKM
87
84%
JKLM
47
46%
64
42%
49
68%
JKM
22
37%
312
58%
32
65%
215
56%
120
65%
p
THE JUDGE WAS RIGHT IN
RULING THE WAY HE DID
188
31%
27
33%
30
25%
24
27%
33
44%
CDG
49
37%
cg
26
25%
20
17%
12
12%
44
43%
HIL
65
43%
HIL
16
23%
i
31
52%
HIL
168
32%
14
28%
123
32%
53
28%
DON'T KNOW/REFUSED
59
10%
5
6%
13
11%
9
10%
6
8%
9
7%
17
16%
bF
9
8%
4
4%
12
11%
i
21
14%
I
7
9%
7
11%
54
10%
3
6%
44
11%
13
7%
Significance Z-testing shown at 95% in UPPERCASE and 90% in lowercase in the groupings: B/C/D/E/F/G H/I/J/K/L/M N/O P/Q
N A T I O N A L
R E S E A R C H
I N C
CIVITAS INSTITUTE / NORTH CAROLINA STATEWIDE STUDY / OCTOBER 15-18, 2014
Please tell me if you agree with the following statement: Marriage is the union of one man and one woman.
BANNER 1
KEY REGIONS
GENDER
AGE
PARTY REG
IDEOLOGY
RACE
=================================== =========== ============================= ================= ================= =================
TRINORTH PIEDWESTANGLE SOUTH -EAST MONT CHARL ERN
TOTAL
-EAST NC
TRIAD -OTTE NC
MEN WOMEN 18-25 26-40 41-55 56-65 66+
GOP
DEM
IND
LIB
MOD CONS BLACK WHITE OTHER
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
(G)
(H)
(I)
(J)
(K)
(L)
(M)
(N)
(O)
(P)
(Q)
(R)
(S)
(T)
(U)
(V)
(W)
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
BASE=TOTAL SAMPLE
600
100%
118
20%
97
16%
66
11%
114
19%
127
21%
78
13%
288
48%
312
52%
31
5%
90
15%
169
28%
127
21%
182
30%
216
36%
252
42%
132
22%
104
17%
205
34%
258
43%
132
22%
432
72%
26
4%
**D/S (AGREE - DISAGREE)
310
52%
52
44%
56
58%
bF
40
59%
bF
65
58%
bF
53
41%
45
57%
bF
164
57%
I
147
47%
6
20%
48
54%
J
84
50%
J
63
50%
J
108
59%
Jm
165
76%
PQ
97
38%
48
37%
-9
-8%
77
37%
R
217
84%
RS
93
71%
V
197
46%
12
45%
AGREE
433
72%
80
67%
75
77%
f
50
75%
85
75%
84
66%
60
77%
f
216
75%
218
70%
17
53%
66
73%
j
120
71%
91
71%
139
77%
J
183
85%
PQ
166
66%
84
64%
45
44%
128
62%
R
235
91%
RS
109
83%
V
296
69%
19
72%
DISAGREE
123
21%
27
23%
19
19%
10
15%
20
18%
31
25%
16
20%
52
18%
71
23%
10
33%
17
19%
36
21%
27
22%
32
17%
18
8%
69
27%
O
36
27%
O
54
52%
ST
51
25%
T
17
7%
16
12%
100
23%
U
7
26%
39
7%
11
10%
cG
3
3%
6
9%
7
7%
9
7%
2
2%
20
7%
19
6%
4
14%
5
5%
12
7%
8
6%
10
5%
14
7%
14
6%
11
8%
4
4%
25
12%
RT
5
2%
5
4%
34
8%
1
2%
DON'T KNOW/NO OPINION
Significance Z-testing shown at 95% in UPPERCASE and 90% in lowercase in the groupings: B/C/D/E/F/G H/I J/K/L/M/N O/P/Q R/S/T U/V/W
N A T I O N A L
R E S E A R C H
I N C
CIVITAS INSTITUTE / NORTH CAROLINA STATEWIDE STUDY / OCTOBER 15-18, 2014
Please tell me if you agree with the following statement: Marriage is the union of one man and one woman.
BANNER 2
BASE=TOTAL SAMPLE
VOTE
GENDER/AGE
PARTY REG/GENDER
LIKELIHOOD
VOTE PLAN
=================================== =================================== =========== ===========
MEN
MEN
MEN WOMEN WOMEN WOMEN GOP
GOP
DEM
DEM
IND
IND CERDECID
TOTAL 18-44 45-64 65+ 18-44 45-64 65+
MEN WOMEN MEN WOMEN MEN WOMEN TAIN PROB KNOW -ING
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
(G)
(H)
(I)
(J)
(K)
(L)
(M)
(N)
(O)
(P)
(Q)
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----600
100%
80
13%
118
20%
89
15%
76
13%
134
22%
102
17%
113
19%
103
17%
103
17%
149
25%
72
12%
60
10%
534
89%
48
8%
382
64%
185
31%
**D/S (AGREE - DISAGREE)
310
52%
41
51%
e
66
56%
E
57
64%
EF
25
33%
64
48%
e
58
57%
E
81
72%
JKlM
84
82%
JKLM
42
41%
M
55
37%
M
41
56%
jKM
8
13%
280
52%
19
40%
178
47%
117
63%
P
AGREE
433
72%
60
74%
e
85
72%
71
79%
E
45
60%
96
72%
76
74%
e
92
82%
JKM
91
88%
JKLM
70
68%
M
96
65%
m
54
74%
M
31
51%
389
73%
31
63%
267
70%
145
78%
p
DISAGREE
123
21%
19
24%
20
17%
14
15%
20
27%
32
24%
18
18%
11
10%
6
6%
28
27%
HI
41
28%
HI
13
18%
I
23
39%
HIL
109
20%
11
23%
89
23%
Q
28
15%
39
7%
2
2%
13
11%
BF
5
5%
8
11%
bf
4
3%
7
7%
9
8%
5
5%
5
5%
9
6%
5
8%
5
9%
33
6%
5
11%
23
6%
11
6%
DON'T KNOW/NO OPINION
Significance Z-testing shown at 95% in UPPERCASE and 90% in lowercase in the groupings: B/C/D/E/F/G H/I/J/K/L/M N/O P/Q
N A T I O N A L
R E S E A R C H
I N C