A week after President Barack Obama publicly supported same-sex marriage — and a week removed from the state’s passage of a sweeping constitutional amendment that guarantees legal recognition only to marriage between a man and a woman — there has been a decided shift in attitudes among African-American voters in North Carolina, according to a new poll.
The latest survey from the Democatic-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP) shows that 27 percent of black voters in North Carolina now support the right of gay and lesbian couples to get married, while 59 percent are opposed.
That represents an 11-point change since PPP’s final poll before last week’s statewide vote on Amendment One, which was held a day before Obama’s much-publicized announcement. At that time, 20 percent of black voters were in favor of same-sex marriage, while 63 percent were opposed.
