[fsaneq2]

My comment is obviously a simplification and was meant to be somewhat provocative. I also haven't run a survey of all republican voters, so I don't know, perhaps you're right. The crowd's reaction certainly seems to contradict you though.

And looking at say Trump's website -- https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions -- none of this is even mentioned. Sure, maybe in some outlier areas, mumbling something about overturning nationwide gay marriage will get you a few votes.

But I think that the average republican couldn't care less, and it's a shame the relatively minor outliers keep on being brought up, ruining any interesting discussion in the process.

[b0sk]

Over 60% [1] of Republicans oppose gay marriage

[1] - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-gaymarriage-i...

[Sacho]

The story doesn't link to the actual survey data and the actual questions they asked, and I don't understand why.

[fsaneq2]

I doubt it controls for age? (Also what's up with the tiny sample?)

To expand a bit on the age thing (and I'm sure I'll get downvoted for this again): for the older generation the default position was to be against gay marriage. Today, the default position is to be for it.

Does that mean today's generation is superior? Probably not, as I would guess most people haven't actually read the science/whatever on their own. They just parrot back the opinion of their social circle, unless it's an issue they actually care passionately about (then they might actually research it). Exactly like the older generation.

So basically... there's a difference in the initial conditions. Does it really matter? Would you be any different if brought up under the old conditions? Does whether you were told gay marriage is good or bad influence your ability to come up with a good economic policy?

I find it a little silly to have to wait for the older generations to die out so the percentage drops to a prettier level before we can have debates again.