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Napolitan News Service (RMG Research)for Napolitan News Service Gold Circle MembersBathrooms & facilitiesOct 28–29, 2024
whether trans women should be allowed to use women's locker rooms, showers and bathrooms

Should biological males who identify as women be allowed to use the women's locker rooms, showers, and bathrooms?

No
69%
Yes
18%
Sample
registered voters
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Wording notes: 'biological males who identify as women' used throughoutbundles locker rooms, showers and bathrooms into a single item, leading with the most intimate settingno counter-framing offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure
Napolitan News Service (RMG Research)for Napolitan News Service Gold Circle MembersSportsOct 22–23, 2024
whether trans women should be allowed to compete in women's sports

Should biological males who identify as women be allowed to compete in women's sports events?

No
73%
Yes
16%
Sample
registered voters
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Wording notes: 'biological males who identify as women' is the restrictive-side term of art and the only descriptor offeredno counter-framing or competing consideration offeredyes/no rather than a scaled item, which suppresses intensity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure
Rasmussen ReportsSportsOct 22–24, 2024
trans women in women's sports

Do you support or oppose men who identify as women being able to compete in women's sports?

Support 25%65% Oppose
Sample
2,008 likely voters · +/- 2 percentage points
Method
IVR
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: 'men who identify as women' assigns male category membership in the stemthe word 'transgender' is avoided entirely across all three items in this survey
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly support
  • Somewhat support
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • Not sure
Data for ProgressPolitical salienceOct 18–21, 2024
whether both parties should spend less time on transgender issues

Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?

Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? - Both Democrats and Republicans should spend less time talking about transgender issues and more time talking about voters' priority issues like the economy and inflation

Agree 80%12% Disagree
Sample
1,216 likely voters · +/- 3 percentage points
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 9 subgroup figures

Base: Weighted Ns published per column: Democrat 506, Independent/Third party 291, Republican 419; Female 646, Male 570; Under 45 408, 45+ 808; No College 783, College 433; Black 132, White 866, Latino 158. Subgroups with n<50 are suppressed.

Wording notes: double-barreled - pairs 'less on trans issues' with 'more on the economy and inflation'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly agree
  • Somewhat agree
  • Somewhat disagree
  • Strongly disagree
  • Don't know
Data for ProgressPolitical salienceOct 18–21, 2024
reaction to anti-trans political attack ads

Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?

Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? - Political attack ads against the transgender community have gotten mean-spirited and out of hand

Agree 54%26% Disagree
Sample
1,216 likely voters · +/- 3 percentage points
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 7 subgroup figures

Base: Weighted Ns published per column: Democrat 506, Independent/Third party 291, Republican 419; Female 646, Male 570; Under 45 408, 45+ 808; No College 783, College 433; Black 132, White 866, Latino 158. Subgroups with n<50 are suppressed.

Wording notes: 'mean-spirited and out of hand' is the pollster's characterization embedded in the stimulus
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly agree
  • Somewhat agree
  • Somewhat disagree
  • Strongly disagree
  • Don't know
Data for ProgressParty & candidate handlingOct 18–21, 2024
party trusted to handle transgender issues

Which party do you trust more to handle issues related to transgender people?

The Democratic Party
52%
The Republican Party
29%
Neither
19%
Sample
1,216 likely voters · +/- 3 percentage points
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 9 subgroup figures

Base: Weighted Ns published per column: Democrat 506, Independent/Third party 291, Republican 419; Female 646, Male 570; Under 45 408, 45+ 808; No College 783, College 433; Black 132, White 866, Latino 158. Subgroups with n<50 are suppressed.

Wording notes: 'Neither' offered but no 'both equally'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • The Democratic Party
  • The Republican Party
  • Neither
Data for ProgressParty & candidate handlingOct 18–21, 2024
which party has a more extreme stance on transgender issues - the direct 'gone too far' comparison between the parties

Which party do you think has a more extreme stance on issues related to transgender people?

The Republican Party has a more extreme stance
45%
The Democratic Party has a more extreme stance
40%
Neither
14%
Sample
1,216 likely voters · +/- 3 percentage points
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 8 subgroup figures

Base: Weighted Ns published per column: Democrat 506, Independent/Third party 291, Republican 419; Female 646, Male 570; Under 45 408, 45+ 808; No College 783, College 433; Black 132, White 866, Latino 158. Subgroups with n<50 are suppressed.

Wording notes: forces a comparative judgment of extremity rather than measuring each party separately'extreme' is a negatively valenced term applied symmetrically
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • The Democratic Party
  • The Republican Party
  • Neither
Data for ProgressPolitical salienceOct 18–21, 2024
candidate preference on transgender rights

Which one of the following candidates are you most likely to vote for?

Government should stay out of people's private lives
57%
A candidate who supports transgender rights
52%
Need new laws restricting transgender health care and keeping "biological boys" out of girls' sports
34%
A candidate who opposes transgender rights
31%
Don't know
18%
Sample
1,216 likely voters · +/- 3 percentage points
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 14 subgroup figures

Base: Weighted Ns published per column: Democrat 506, Independent/Third party 291, Republican 419; Female 646, Male 570; Under 45 408, 45+ 808; No College 783, College 433; Black 132, White 866, Latino 158. Subgroups with n<50 are suppressed.

Wording notes: abstract 'rights' framing without specifying any policy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • A candidate who opposes transgender rights
  • A candidate who supports transgender rights
  • Don't know
Data for ProgressPolitical salienceOct 18–21, 2024
candidate preference restated in concrete policy language, including the 'biological boys in girls' sports' formulation used in 2024 Republican advertising

Which one of the following candidates are you most likely to vote for? [A candidate who says that we need new laws that restrict access to transgender health care and keep "biological boys" out of girls' sports / A candidate who says that the government should stay out of people's private lives and that there is too much legislation targeting a small minority of the population]

Government should stay out of people's private lives / too much legislation targeting a small minority
57%
New laws restricting transgender health care and keeping "biological boys" out of girls' sports
34%
Don't know
9%
Sample
1,216 likely voters · +/- 3 percentage points
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 5 subgroup figures

Base: Weighted Ns published per column: Democrat 506, Independent/Third party 291, Republican 419; Female 646, Male 570; Under 45 408, 45+ 808; No College 783, College 433; Black 132, White 866, Latino 158. Subgroups with n<50 are suppressed.

Wording notes: both options are double-barreled - each bundles two distinct claimsthe restrictive option uses the advertising phrase 'biological boys', in scare quotes in the originalthe affirming option is framed in small-government/libertarian language rather than in trans-rights language, which is itself the persuasion hypothesis being testedthe two options are not matched in emotional register: one names a concrete threat, the other an abstract principle plus a sympathy appeal
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • A candidate who says that we need new laws that restrict access to transgender health care and keep "biological boys" out of girls' sports
  • A candidate who says that the government should stay out of people's private lives and that there is too much legislation targeting a small minority of the population
  • Don't know
Data for ProgressParty & candidate handlingOct 18–21, 2024
whether government should be more or less involved in regulating what transgender people are allowed to do

Which of the following statements comes closest to your view, even if neither is exactly right? [The government should be more involved in regulating what transgender people are allowed to do, including the health care they can receive / The government should be less involved in regulating what transgender people are allowed to do, including the health care they can receive]

Government should be less involved
58%
Government should be more involved
31%
Don't know
11%
Sample
1,216 likely voters · +/- 3 percentage points
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 6 subgroup figures

Base: Weighted Ns published per column: Democrat 506, Independent/Third party 291, Republican 419; Female 646, Male 570; Under 45 408, 45+ 808; No College 783, College 433; Black 132, White 866, Latino 158. Subgroups with n<50 are suppressed.

Wording notes: the two options are exactly parallel apart from more/less, which is unusually clean'regulating what transgender people are allowed to do' is a broad framing that may read as restrictive regardless of the respondent's policy views
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • The government should be more involved in regulating what transgender people are allowed to do, including the health care they can receive
  • The government should be less involved in regulating what transgender people are allowed to do, including the health care they can receive
  • Don't know
Data for ProgressAdult medical careOct 18–21, 2024
government involvement in regulating transgender people and their health care

Which of the following statements comes closest to your view, even if neither is exactly right?

Government should be less involved
58%
Government should be more involved
31%
Don't know
11%
Sample
1,216 likely voters · +/- 3 percentage points
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 6 subgroup figures

Base: Weighted Ns published per column: Democrat 506, Independent/Third party 291, Republican 419; Female 646, Male 570; Under 45 408, 45+ 808; No College 783, College 433; Black 132, White 866, Latino 158. Subgroups with n<50 are suppressed.

Wording notes: 'regulating what transgender people are allowed to do' is a broad framing that may read as more intrusive than specific policies
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • The government should be more involved in regulating what transgender people are allowed to do, including the health care they can receive
  • The government should be less involved in regulating what transgender people are allowed to do, including the health care they can receive
  • Don't know
Data for ProgressGeneral acceptanceOct 18–21, 2024
transgender people deserve dignity and respect

Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?

Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? - Transgender people deserve to be treated with dignity and respect

Agree 74%18% Disagree
Sample
1,216 likely voters · +/- 3 percentage points
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 6 subgroup figures

Base: Weighted Ns published per column: Democrat 506, Independent/Third party 291, Republican 419; Female 646, Male 570; Under 45 408, 45+ 808; No College 783, College 433; Black 132, White 866, Latino 158. Subgroups with n<50 are suppressed.

Wording notes: valence-loaded agree/disagree item with no counter-statement
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly agree
  • Somewhat agree
  • Somewhat disagree
  • Strongly disagree
  • Don't know
Data for ProgressPolitical salienceOct 18–21, 2024
judgment of Republican anti-LGBTQ+ campaign rhetoric

Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?

Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? - Republican candidates using anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric as part of their campaigns is sad and shameful

Agree 61%25% Disagree
Sample
1,216 likely voters · +/- 3 percentage points
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 4 subgroup figures

Base: Weighted Ns published per column: Democrat 506, Independent/Third party 291, Republican 419; Female 646, Male 570; Under 45 408, 45+ 808; No College 783, College 433; Black 132, White 866, Latino 158. Subgroups with n<50 are suppressed.

Wording notes: 'sad and shameful' is a strong evaluative label supplied by the pollsternames only one party
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly agree
  • Somewhat agree
  • Somewhat disagree
  • Strongly disagree
  • Don't know
Data for ProgressPolitical salienceOct 18–21, 2024
volume of anti-trans state legislation in 2024

Since the start of 2024, more than 500 bills aimed at limiting the rights of transgender people have been introduced in state legislatures across the country.

Since the start of 2024, more than 500 bills aimed at limiting the rights of transgender people have been introduced in state legislatures across the country. Which statement comes closer to your own view, even if neither is exactly right?

This is too much legislation / political theater
55%
This is the right amount of legislation / real danger
31%
Don't know
13%
Sample
1,216 likely voters · +/- 3 percentage points
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 6 subgroup figures

Base: Weighted Ns published per column: Democrat 506, Independent/Third party 291, Republican 419; Female 646, Male 570; Under 45 408, 45+ 808; No College 783, College 433; Black 132, White 866, Latino 158. Subgroups with n<50 are suppressed.

Wording notes: numeric preamble (500+ bills)no 'not enough legislation' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • This is too much legislation. Politicians are playing political theater and using these bills as a wedge issue.
  • This is the right amount of legislation. Politicians are dealing with a real danger that needs to be addressed.
  • Don't know
Harvard CAPS/HarrisSportsOct 11–13, 2024
trans women in women's sports

Do you support or oppose men who have transitioned to women competing in women's sports?

Support 19%64% Oppose
Sample
3,145 registered voters · not disclosed
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: Unweighted and weighted base 3,145.

Wording notes: 'men who have transitioned to women' assigns male category membership in the stemincludes an explicit Unsure option, unlike the 2025-2026 executive-order version
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • Unsure/Don't know
Harvard CAPS/HarrisParty & candidate handlingOct 11–13, 2024
perceived Harris position on trans athletes

Do you think Kamala Harris supports or opposes men who have transitioned to women competing in women's sports?

Supports
58%
Opposes
13%
Unsure/ Don't Know
29%
Sample
3,145 registered voters · not disclosed
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: Unweighted and weighted base 3,145.

Wording notes: perception item, not an attitude itemcarries the same 'men who have transitioned to women' descriptor
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Supports
  • Opposes
  • Unsure/ Don't Know
Harvard CAPS/HarrisParty & candidate handlingOct 11–13, 2024
perceived Trump position on trans athletes

Do you think Donald Trump supports or opposes men who have transitioned to women competing in women's sports?

Opposes
75%
Supports
9%
Unsure/ Don't Know
16%
Sample
3,145 registered voters · not disclosed
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: Unweighted and weighted base 3,145.

Wording notes: perception item, not an attitude item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Supports
  • Opposes
  • Unsure/ Don't Know
Harvard CAPS/HarrisAdult medical careOct 11–13, 2024
public funding of gender surgery for undocumented immigrants

Are you for or against paying for sex change operations for immigrants who have entered the country illegally?

Against
76%
For
11%
Unsure/ Don't Know
14%
Sample
3,145 registered voters · not disclosed
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: Unweighted and weighted base 3,145.

Wording notes: 'sex change operations' is not a clinical term'immigrants who have entered the country illegally' compounds two separately unpopular referents'paying for' with no stated payer or mechanism
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • For
  • Against
  • Unsure/ Don't Know
Harvard CAPS/HarrisParty & candidate handlingOct 11–13, 2024
perceived Harris position on funding gender surgery for immigrants

Do you think Kamala Harris is for or against paying for sex change operations for immigrants who have entered the country illegally?

For
47%
Against
26%
Unsure/ Don't Know
27%
Sample
3,145 registered voters · not disclosed
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: Unweighted and weighted base 3,145.

Wording notes: perception iteminherits the double-barreled framing of CAN1020
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • For
  • Against
  • Unsure/ Don't Know
Harvard CAPS/HarrisParty & candidate handlingOct 11–13, 2024
perceived Trump position on funding gender surgery for immigrants

Do you think Donald Trump is for or against paying for sex change operations for immigrants who have entered the country illegally?

Against
75%
For
9%
Unsure/ Don't Know
16%
Sample
3,145 registered voters · not disclosed
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: Unweighted and weighted base 3,145.

Wording notes: perception iteminherits the double-barreled framing of CAN1020
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • For
  • Against
  • Unsure/ Don't Know
NBC News/SurveyMonkeyContact & populationOct 10–21, 2024
self-identification as transgender among adults 18-29

What is your current gender? [SELECT ALL THAT APPLY]

Male
49%
Female
47%
Nonbinary
4%
Transgender
3%
Not listed
1%
Sample
3,021 adults 18-29 · not stated in the topline
Method
river/intercept
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: National sample of U.S. adults aged 18-29 only

Wording notes: select-all-that-applyasked immediately after a separate 'sex assigned at birth' item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Male
  • Female
  • Nonbinary
  • Transgender
  • Not listed
Noble Predictive Insightsfor The Center Square (Voters' Voice Poll)Youth medical careparaphrasedOct 2–4, 2024
minors; 'transgender procedures such as puberty blockers and gender reassignment surgeries'; FEDERAL ban framing (the only nationally-scoped ban item in this file from before the 2025 executive orders)

[Do you support or oppose] a federal ban on transgender procedures such as puberty blockers and gender reassignment surgeries for minors

Support a federal ban
59%
Sample
2,560 registered voters · +/-2.1% for the aggregate sample
Method
unknown
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 24 subgroup figures
Wording notes: BAN framing (support = restrict)FEDERAL rather than state scopecalls the treatments 'transgender procedures', a term that groups reversible medication with surgery under a surgical noun'gender reassignment surgeries' rather than 'gender-affirming surgery'a not-sure option exists (22% among Black voters) though it was not reported for the totalregistered-voter universe
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • Not sure
Cooperative Election Study (CES)Youth medical careOct 2024 – Dec 10, 2024
CES variable CC24_444a - state ban on gender transition surgery for minors with gender dysphoria

Some states are considering the following policies. If this came up in your state, would you support or oppose the proposal?

Preventing gender transition surgery for minors experiencing gender dysphoria.

Support 61%39% Oppose
Sample
60,000 adults
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national (large enough for state-level estimates)
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 6 subgroup figures

Base: Pre-election wave 1 Oct - 4 Nov 2024; post-election wave 6 Nov - 10 Dec 2024. CC24_444 was on the pre-election wave.

Wording notes: restricted to SURGERY, not puberty blockers or hormones, which is a narrower policy than the 2023/2025 'medical care for a gender transition' itemqualifies the population as minors 'experiencing gender dysphoria', a clinical framingno middle or don't-know option'If this came up in your state' hypothetical framing
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Support
  • Oppose
Cooperative Election Study (CES)School policyOct 2024 – Dec 10, 2024
CES variable CC24_444b - parental consent before school staff use a student's chosen name or pronoun

Some states are considering the following policies. If this came up in your state, would you support or oppose the proposal?

Requiring parental consent before teachers could address their child using a name or pronoun other than the name or gender under which they are enrolled in school.

Support 64%36% Oppose
Sample
60,000 adults
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national (large enough for state-level estimates)
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 6 subgroup figures

Base: Pre-election wave 1 Oct - 4 Nov 2024; post-election wave 6 Nov - 10 Dec 2024. CC24_444 was on the pre-election wave.

Wording notes: 'parental consent' is a high-valence positive frame that tends to lift support regardless of the underlying policydoes not mention transgender students explicitlyno middle or don't-know option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Support
  • Oppose
Cooperative Election Study (CES)Contact & populationOct 2024 – Dec 10, 2024
CES demographic variable measuring transgender status of the respondent

Do you identify as transgender?

No
98.3%
Yes
1%
Prefer not to say
0.7%
Sample
60,000 adults
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national (large enough for state-level estimates)
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: Pre-election wave 1 Oct - 4 Nov 2024; post-election wave 6 Nov - 10 Dec 2024. CC24_444 was on the pre-election wave.

Wording notes: direct self-identification wording
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Yes
  • No
  • Prefer not to say
Statistics CanadaGeneral acceptanceOct 2024 – Jun 30, 2025
agreement that people should be free to express their gender however they choose

In both its 2018 and 2025 cycles, the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces used a series of eight statements to measure perceptions of gender-based violence, gender expression and gender equality, asking respondents their level of agreement with each statement.

People should be able to express their gender however they choose

Sample
asked of a subset: First Nations women, Men, Men aged 15-24, Men born in Canadafull poll: 48,547 adults
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
Canada national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 11 subgroup figures

Base: people aged 15 and older; results are reported separately for women and men throughout and no combined total is published for these statements

Wording notes: abstract expression framing rather than a specific right or policyembedded in a battery otherwise about gender-based violence and gender equality
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Agree (net)
  • Disagree (net)
Statistics CanadaGeneral acceptanceOct 2024 – Jun 30, 2025
willingness to support a family member who came out as transgender

In both its 2018 and 2025 cycles, the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces used a series of eight statements to measure perceptions of gender-based violence, gender expression and gender equality, asking respondents their level of agreement with each statement.

I would support a family member if they came out as transgender

Sample
asked of a subset: Men, Womenfull poll: 48,547 adults
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
Canada national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 2 subgroup figures

Base: people aged 15 and older; results are reported separately for women and men throughout and no combined total is published for these statements

Wording notes: reworded in 2025 from the 2018 negative formulation 'If a family member of mine came out as transgender, I would not be able to support them', so the two cycles are not directly comparable
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Agree (net)
  • Disagree (net)
SurveyUSAfor Baldwin Wallace UniversitySchool policySep 30, 2024 – Oct 2024
teaching about gender identity in grades 6-12

Do you support or oppose each of the following?

Do you support or oppose each of the following? Teaching students in 6th through 12th grades about gender identity

Support 43%50% Oppose
Sample
907 registered voters · ±4 percentage points (overall results only)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US: Ohio
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 15 subgroup figures

Base: 907 unweighted respondents; effective sample size after demographic weighting = 877

Wording notes: battery item paired with a parallel item on sexual orientation
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly support
  • Somewhat support
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • Not sure
SurveyUSAfor Baldwin Wallace UniversityYouth medical careSep 30, 2024 – Oct 2024
medical care for a gender transition for people under 18

Do you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following?

Do you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? Allowing medical professionals to provide someone younger than 18 with medical care for a gender transition

Support 19%73% Oppose
Sample
907 registered voters · ±4 percentage points (overall results only)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US: Ohio
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 15 subgroup figures

Base: 907 unweighted respondents; effective sample size after demographic weighting = 877

Wording notes: frames the policy as what is 'allowed', so support = permissive
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly support
  • Somewhat support
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • Not sure
SurveyUSAfor Baldwin Wallace UniversitySportsSep 30, 2024 – Oct 2024
transgender athletes on the team matching their gender identity

Do you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following?

Do you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? Allowing transgender athletes to play on the team that matches their gender identity

Support 21%73% Oppose
Sample
907 registered voters · ±4 percentage points (overall results only)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US: Ohio
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 15 subgroup figures

Base: 907 unweighted respondents; effective sample size after demographic weighting = 877

Wording notes: no age or level of competition specified
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly support
  • Somewhat support
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • Not sure
SurveyUSAfor Baldwin Wallace UniversityBathrooms & facilitiesSep 30, 2024 – Oct 2024
transgender people using public bathrooms matching gender identity

Do you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following?

Do you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? Allowing transgender individuals to use public bathrooms that match their gender identity

Support 26%66% Oppose
Sample
907 registered voters · ±4 percentage points (overall results only)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US: Ohio
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 15 subgroup figures

Base: 907 unweighted respondents; effective sample size after demographic weighting = 877

Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly support
  • Somewhat support
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • Not sure
Emerson College Pollingfor The Midwest NewsroomYouth medical careSep 26, 2024 – Oct 2, 2024
laws banning certain types of gender-affirming care for minors

Gender-affirming care, refers to various measures including psychological support, hormonal treatments, and medical surgeries that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity.

Gender-affirming care, refers to various measures including psychological support, hormonal treatments, and medical surgeries that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity. Do you favor or oppose laws that ban certain types of gender-affirming care for minors?

Favor 43%45% Oppose
Sample
1,000 registered voters · credibility interval +/- 3% in 19 of 20 cases
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: Iowa
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: supplies a definition of gender-affirming care before askingdefinition leads with 'psychological support' and includes surgeriesasks about banning 'certain types' rather than all such care
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Favor
  • Oppose
  • Unsure
Emerson College Pollingfor The Midwest NewsroomYouth medical careSep 26, 2024 – Oct 2, 2024
laws banning certain types of gender-affirming care for minors

Gender-affirming care, refers to various measures including psychological support, hormonal treatments, and medical surgeries that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity.

Gender-affirming care, refers to various measures including psychological support, hormonal treatments, and medical surgeries that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity. Do you favor or oppose laws that ban certain types of gender-affirming care for minors?

Favor 46%40% Oppose
Sample
1,000 registered voters · credibility interval +/- 3% in 19 of 20 cases
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: Kansas
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: supplies a definition of gender-affirming care before askingdefinition leads with 'psychological support' and includes surgeriesasks about banning 'certain types' rather than all such care
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Favor
  • Oppose
  • Unsure
Emerson College Pollingfor The Midwest NewsroomYouth medical careparaphrasedSep 26, 2024 – Oct 2, 2024
ban on hormonal treatments, surgeries and other gender-affirming care for minors

Do you favor or oppose banning hormonal treatments, medical surgeries and other gender-affirming care for minors?

Favor 46%40% Oppose
Sample
1,000 registered voters · credibility interval +/- 3% in 19 of 20 cases
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: Kansas
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: ban-framed: favor = restrictivewording not retrieved
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Favor
  • Oppose
  • Unsure
Emerson College Pollingfor The Midwest NewsroomYouth medical careSep 26, 2024 – Oct 2, 2024
laws banning certain types of gender-affirming care for minors

Gender-affirming care, refers to various measures including psychological support, hormonal treatments, and medical surgeries that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity.

Gender-affirming care, refers to various measures including psychological support, hormonal treatments, and medical surgeries that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity. Do you favor or oppose laws that ban certain types of gender-affirming care for minors?

Favor 40%46% Oppose
Sample
1,000 registered voters · credibility interval +/- 3% in 19 of 20 cases
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: Missouri
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: supplies a definition of gender-affirming care before askingdefinition leads with 'psychological support' and includes surgeriesasks about banning 'certain types' rather than all such care
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Favor
  • Oppose
  • Unsure
Emerson College Pollingfor The Midwest NewsroomYouth medical careSep 26, 2024 – Oct 2, 2024
laws banning certain types of gender-affirming care for minors

Gender-affirming care, refers to various measures including psychological support, hormonal treatments, and medical surgeries that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity.

Gender-affirming care, refers to various measures including psychological support, hormonal treatments, and medical surgeries that help transgender individuals align with their gender identity. Do you favor or oppose laws that ban certain types of gender-affirming care for minors?

Favor 43%46% Oppose
Sample
1,000 registered voters · credibility interval +/- 3% in 19 of 20 cases
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: Nebraska
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: supplies a definition of gender-affirming care before askingdefinition leads with 'psychological support' and includes surgeriesasks about banning 'certain types' rather than all such care
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Favor
  • Oppose
  • Unsure
HIT Strategiesfor Equality FloridaGeneral acceptanceparaphrasedSep 26, 2024 – Oct 6, 2024
support for or neutrality toward greater social acceptance of transgender people

Whether the respondent is supportive of, neutral about, or opposed to greater social acceptance of transgender people.

Supportive or neutral about greater social acceptance of transgender people (net)
81%
Sample
1,000 Black or African American adults 18+ · plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level for all respondents
Method
unknown
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: includes an oversample of adults in the South

Wording notes: headline figure is a supportive+neutral net, which merges assent with indifferenceadvocacy-sponsored poll
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Supportive
  • Neutral
  • Opposed
Emerson College Pollingfor The Midwest NewsroomYouth medical careparaphrasedSep 24–27, 2024
minors; hormonal treatments, medical surgeries and other gender-affirming care; BAN framing; state-level (Kansas)

[Do you favor or oppose] bans on hormonal treatments, medical surgeries and other gender-affirming care for minors

Favor 46%40% Oppose
Sample
1,000 registered voters · credibility interval, similar to a poll's margin of error, of +/- 3 percentage points
Method
nonprobability quota
Where
US: Kansas
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: BAN framing (favor = restrict)enumerates hormonal treatments and surgeries then adds 'and other gender-affirming care'explicit unsure option, taken by 14%no age threshold beyond 'minors'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Favor
  • Oppose
  • Unsure
HarrisXfor Deseret NewsSchool policySep 20–23, 2024
whether schools should teach children under 10 that gender can be declared

Do you think that schools should be explaining to young kids under 10 that gender is something that kids can declare, or should they not be teaching young kids that gender is something that they can declare?

Should not be teaching young kids that gender is something kids can declare
72%
Should explain that gender is something kids can declare
28%
Sample
1,011 registered voters · +/- 3.1 percentage points
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 6 subgroup figures

Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38

Wording notes: 'gender is something that kids can declare' is not language any school curriculum uses; it is an opponent's characterizationno 'don't know' or middle option offered'young kids under 10' narrows the referent to the least sympathetic casethe affirming option is stated in the same loaded terms as the restrictive one, so respondents cannot endorse gender-identity instruction described neutrally
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Should explain that gender is something kids can declare
  • Should not be teaching young kids that gender is something kids can declare
HarrisXfor Deseret NewsSchool policySep 20–23, 2024
whether schools are too involved with teaching gender and race ideologies

Do you think that schools today are focused on teaching kids reading, writing, and arithmetic or are they too involved with teaching kids gender and race ideologies?

Focusing on teaching kids reading, writing, and arithmetic
56%
Too involved with teaching kids gender and race ideologies
44%
Sample
1,011 registered voters · +/- 3.1 percentage points
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 3 subgroup figures

Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38

Wording notes: uses the pejorative 'ideologies' for gender and race instructionfalse dichotomy - the two options are not mutually exclusivebundles gender and race into a single object (double-barreled)no 'don't know' or 'both' option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Focusing on teaching kids reading, writing, and arithmetic
  • Too involved with teaching kids gender and race ideologies

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