The support for marriage equality in the United States increased overall between 2016 and 2021. According to a survey conducted across the years, this increase was particularly relevant among Republicans. This was consistently the party group least in favor of gay marriage, but in 2021, for the first time, a slight majority of Republicans showed support for it. As of the same year, 83 percent of the Democrats’ electorate thought that LGBTQ marriage should be recognized by the law as valid.

Here’s the share of Americans who think LGBTQ marriage should be recognized by the law as valid from 2016 to 2021, by political party affiliation.

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2016: Share of Americans who think LGBTQ marriage should legal

• Republicans: 40%
• Independents: 65%
• Democrats: 79%

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2017: Share of Americans who think LGBTQ marriage should legal

• Republicans: 47%
• Independents: 71%
• Democrats: 74%

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2018: Share of Americans who think LGBTQ marriage should legal

• Republicans: 44%
• Independents: 71%
• Democrats: 83%

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2019: Share of Americans who think LGBTQ marriage should legal

• Republicans: 44%
• Independents: 68%
• Democrats: 79%

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2020: Share of Americans who think LGBTQ marriage should legal

• Republicans: 49%
• Independents: 71%
• Democrats: 83%

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2021: Share of Americans who think LGBTQ marriage should legal

• Republicans: 55%
• Independents: 73%
• Democrats: 83%

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Methodology

Statista used data from a Gallup survey released in June 2021. The results are from 1,016 adult Americans respondents who participated in a phone interview. You can find more information here.

This article originally appeared on Statista.com and was syndicated by MediaFeed.org.

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