my view is that marriage itself is a relationship between a man and woman. this is republican chair says he believes this last-minute move could hurt the president. this is a very risky choice given that the south probably will not like this and other swing states will show concern about his election year conversion. reason: supports the president s stance. an nbc wall street journal poll shows that 49 percent of americans support same-sex marriage. 40 percent oppose it. in the bay area of the numbers are even stronger. our survey shows that 61 percent supported it and 32 percent disagree. the national polls favor the president, but the race to the white house is a state-by-state race. if you need at least 278 electoral or votes to win. what is likely to be the deciding factor is the swing states. we ll see how they break down on the same sex issue. seven states in red are the ones opposed to same-sex marriage. the two in blue, new hampshire and iowa, or four same-s