In September, a survey by Public Policy Polling found only 23 percent of black voters in Florida supported marriage equality. Now, that number is up to 49 percent. 

The polling firm calls this the “Obama effect,” or black voters aligning with the president’s views on marriage equality. Unfortunately this shift is not enough to pull Florida as a whole in favor of marriage equality; voters overall are still opposed, 45 percent to 42 percent.

PPP has identified a national trend of support shifting at the state level. First in North Carolina, 44% of African-Americans supported either marriage or civil unions just before a vote in May on Amendment One. That number shot up to 55% with opposition also falling drastically just days after President Obama announced his support.

Then in Maryland PPP pollster Tom Jensen said the firm had found a “major shift in opinion” among African-American voters, who a poll in May showed support the state’s marriage equality law by 55% to 36%. The numbers had essentially flipped since March.