3 Reasons Polls May Be Overstating Support for Same-Sex Marriage

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Polls may be showing greater support for same-sex marriage than actually exists. Due to question wording, priming (the question that comes before the same-sex marriage question), and a social desirability effect (people will not tell a pollster how they really feel if they think their response is unpopular), support for same-sex marriage could actually be lower than what many recent polls indicate, according to political scientist Michael J. New and sociologist Mark Regnerus. Keep reading

The gay rights movement and gay rights advocates do not need wide spread public support to carry out out their agenda. They just need enough support to provide the critical mass they need to produce the chain reaction they desire. This is the key to bringing about social change as community organizers well know.