Opinion poll: 77% of Romanians agree with the initiative to clarify the definition of marriage in their Constitution and at least 55% intend to vote in the marriage referendum

A recent poll  has revealed that 77% of Romanians agree with the citizens’ initiative to clarify the definition of marriage in their Constitution and at least 55% intend to vote in the marriage referendum. Over two thirds of the respondents agree with having the referendum, which proves people see it as an important issue.

Here are the questions and answers:

How do you personally consider that family should be defined in the Constitution?

• with the formulation proposed by the citizens’ initiative: “family is based on the freely consented marriage between one man and one woman” – 77%
• the actual formulation: “family is based on the freely consented marriage between spouses” – 17%
• cannot give an opinion – 5%
• don’t know/no answer – 1%

Do you intend to participate in the vote if a referendum regarding this is organized?

• surely yes – 55%
• probably yes – 20%
• surely no – 14%
• probably no – 6%
• nu știu/nu răspund – 5%

From your point of view, is it a good or a bad decision to organize a referendum in order to change the definition of the family in the Constitution (by replacing the actual formulation – “family  is based on the freely consented marriage between spouses” – with the formulation “family is based on the freely consented marriage between one man and one woman”)?

• a good decision – 67%
• a bad decision – 24%
• cannot give an opinion – 8%
• don’t know/no answer – 1%

The poll was made by Avangarde company between April 10-26, 2018 on a sample of 1.350 Romanians aged 18 and above. The polling method was CATI (by phone). Margin of error is of +/-3% for a confidence interval of 95%.