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”.