Support for same-sex marriage hits record high

There's been a rapid rise in support for same-sex marriage
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A record 61 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Thursday. That total includes more than three-fourths of Democrats as well as two-thirds of Independents.

Overall, only 35 percent of respondents said they oppose same-sex marriage.

Though polls consistently find majority support for same-sex marriage, only a couple have pegged that support at 60 percent or higher. That may soon change given the rapid rise in support over the past half-decade. Here's Pew's chart of that upward trend. —Jon Terbush

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.