Data: Gallup; Note: Poll was taken twice in 2013 and 2015, in May and July of both years. Chart: Tory Lysik/Axios Visuals
Compared to the decades and decades it took to dismantle Jim Crow laws or secure women's right to vote, America's about-face on same-sex marriage happened in the blink of an eye.
The big picture: Just 27% of Americans supported same-sex marriage in 1996, the year President Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act, which denied federal recognition to same-sex marriages.
