IBOPE Inteligência Poll: 59% Support End of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; 51% Back Benefits for Same-Sex Military Partners
Conservatives Strongly Oppose Both
UTICA, NY--Small majorities of likely voters support the new military policy allowing gays to openly serve (59%) and agree that the military should also grant equal benefits to same-sex partners of service members (51%).
These results are from an IBOPE Inteligência interactive poll of likely voters conducted from Sept. 23-26.
Opposition to both ideas is strong among conservative demographic groups, such as Republicans, Tea Party supporters and Born-again Christians. Majorities of all age groups support the lifting of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that prohibited gays from openly serving, but on the question of allowing equal benefits to same-sex partners, 51% of voters 65 and older disagree.
The U.S. military has officially ended the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, meaning gays may serve openly. Do you support or oppose this new policy regarding gays serving in the
military?
|
Response |
% |
|
Support |
59% |
|
Oppose |
36% |
|
Not sure |
5% |
Now that the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy has been lifted, do you agree or disagree that the military should also grant equal benefits to same-sex partners of service members?
|
Response |
% |
|
Agree |
51% |
|
Disagree |
41% |
|
Not sure |
8% |
IBOPE Inteligência conducted an online survey of 2,088 voters. A sampling of IBOPE Inteligência International's online panel, which is representative of the adult population of the U.S., was invited to participate. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion, gender and education to more accurately reflect the population. The margin of error is +/- 2.2 percentage points. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups. The MOE calculation is for sampling error only.
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