From: Advocate.com

A new poll commissioned by The Los Angeles Times shows that while a majority of Los Angeles residents continue to support marriage equality, opinions vary widely among racial and ethnic groups.

Overall, the poll found that voters in Los Angeles support the right of same-sex couples to marry by 56% to 37%, which reflects results from November, when Proposition 8, the proposal to ban same-sex marriage, passed in California but failed in Los Angeles.

Among different racial and ethnic groups of voters, the poll found that whites approved same-sex marriage by 68% to 27%, while African-Americans opposed same-sex marriage by 54% to 37%

Latinos in the poll were split, with 45% supporting same-sex marriage and 46% opposing it. Women, younger voters, and people with a college education among the Latino population offered more support than men, older voters, and the less educated.

As expected, the poll in general found that support for same-sex marriage increased as the age of respondents decreased, with 66% of those ages 18–29 expressing support.

The poll of 1,500 registered voters in Los Angeles was conducted from June 10 to 16 by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research in conjunction with Public Opinion Strategies. Its margin of error is plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.

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