Opposition to same-sex marriages stands at 60 per cent — but voters favour granting status to holders of Permanent Resident’s Certificates if they have lived on the Island for more than 25 years.

The figures emerged from a survey by Profiles of Bermuda, one year after the same poll.

The responses show little change in attitudes to the contentious issue of same-sex marriages, which are favoured by 40 per cent of voters.

The older the respondents, the less likely they were to be in favour. Younger voters, between 18 and 34, were the only group to support the unions: 54 per cent — compared with 58 per cent last year.

According to statistician Cordell Riley, the results were “starkly different” by race.

Same-sex marriages were favoured by almost seven out of every ten voters who identified themselves as white or other, while those who identified themselves as black opposed same-sex marriages by 72 per cent.

Meanwhile, 70 per cent of voters surveys favoured Bermuda status for long-term Permanent Resident’s Certificate holders, while one quarter were against it.

Those describing themselves as white or other weighed in at 85 per cent in favour, while black voters were 62 per cent in favour.

The results were obtained from 407 registered voters between April 15 and May 10.