Midterms Digest: Will marriage equality help Democrats on Election Day? — salon.com

When the Supreme Court let stand yesterday a series of appeals court rulings in favor of marriage equality – paving the way for same-sex marriage in up to 11 new states within a few weeks – the court once again thrust a hot-button social issue into the national spotlight. The high court’s acquiescence to the lower court rulings comes as national opinion continues to move decisively in the direction of support for marriage equality. A CBS News/New York Times poll released last month found that Americans favor the right of same-sex couples to marry by a 56 to 37 percent margin. There’s even been a remarkable shift among Republicans; while a 52 percent majority of GOPers polled opposed marriage equality, 41 percent supported it.

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