Here’s an interesting wrinkle in the data on support for same-sex marriage. According to
Gallup, 53 percent of Americans now favor such marriages, but we don’t necessarily think
other people do. Overall, Americans, on average, think that 63 percent of their fellow citizens oppose same-sex marriage; in fact, 45 percent do. That’s an over-estimate of 18 percentage points.
Interestingly, Americans of all stripes—Democrat and Republican, liberal and conservative, old and young—underestimate support for same-sex marriage. Liberals come the closest, thinking that 48 percent approve; conservatives are the farthest off, thinking that only 16 percent do.
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