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HarrisXfor Deseret NewsPronouns & languageSep 20–23, 2024whether misgendering should be illegal
Should it be illegal to call someone by the wrong pronouns or not?
Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38
Wording notes: tests a policy that essentially no U.S. jurisdiction has enacted - criminalizing misgendering'illegal' implies criminal sanction rather than the civil/administrative remedies that actually existno 'don't know' option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be illegal
- Should be legal
HarrisXfor Deseret NewsSchool policySep 20–23, 2024 whether teachers must use the name and pronouns chosen by parents or by students
Should teachers be required to refer to students by the name and pronouns their parents suggest and prefer, or by the name and pronouns students suggest and prefer?
Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38
Wording notes: constructs parents and students as necessarily in conflictdoes not mention age, so the same answer covers a 6-year-old and a 17-year-oldno 'don't know' option offered'suggest and prefer' softens what is at stake for the student
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- By the name and pronouns parents suggest and prefer
- By the name and pronouns students suggest and prefer
HarrisXfor Deseret NewsParental rightsSep 20–23, 2024 whether parents have a right to know if their child wants to transition
Do parents have a right to know if their children want to transition their gender or not?
Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38
Wording notes: framed as an abstract parental 'right' with no mention of the child's safety, age, or family circumstancesno 'depends' or 'don't know' option offeredthe opposing option is stated as denying parents a right, the least defensible way to phrase it
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Have a right to know
- Do not have a right to know
HarrisXfor Deseret NewsSchool policySep 20–23, 2024 mandatory school notification of parents when a student changes gender identification, pronouns or name
Do you think public schools should be required to notify parents if a student requests to change their gender identification, pronouns, or preferred name at school?
Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38
Wording notes: no mention of the possibility that notification could expose a student to harm at homeno 'don't know' option offeredasked immediately after the near-unanimous parental 'right to know' item, which anchors agreement
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, public schools should be required to notify parents
- No, public schools should not be required to notify parents
HarrisXfor Deseret NewsYouth medical careSep 20–23, 2024 whether minors should be able to access gender-transition drugs and surgery
Do you think that minors under the age of 18 should be able to get drugs and surgery that would change their gender on their own, should only be able to do so with parental consent, or should children never be able to receive these drugs/surgeries?
Children under 18 should never be able to get drugs and surgery that would change their gender
57%
Such drugs and surgeries should only be permitted with parental consent
31%
Children should be able to get drugs and surgery that would change their gender on their own without parental consent
12%
- Sample
- 1,011 registered voters · +/- 3.1 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 9 subgroup figures
Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38
Wording notes: bundles puberty blockers, hormones and surgery into one undifferentiated 'drugs and surgery'surgery on minors is rare and generally restricted to older adolescents, so including it inflates the restrictive share'change their gender' rather than clinical terminologyno mention of medical evaluation, diagnosis, or physician involvement - the only gatekeeper offered is parental consentno 'don't know' option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Children should be able to get drugs and surgery that would change their gender on their own without parental consent
- Such drugs and surgeries should only be permitted with parental consent
- Children under 18 should never be able to get drugs and surgery that would change their gender
HarrisXfor Deseret NewsParental rightsSep 20–23, 2024 whether a parent's agreement with a child's gender identity should factor into custody decisions
In cases where courts are deciding custody and visitation agreements between parents and guardians, should whether a parent agrees with a child's gender identity be a factor in deciding the custody/ visitation rights?
Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38
Wording notes: direction is ambiguous - 'should be a factor' does not say which way it would cutno 'don't know' option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, it should be a factor
- No, it should not be a factor
Rasmussen Reportsfor American ThinkerIdentity beliefsSep 19–22, 2024whether there are only two genders
Do you agree or disagree with this statement: There are only two genders?
Wording notes: single-statement agreement format with no counter-statementasserts the restrictive proposition as the statement to be agreed with
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Rasmussen Reportsfor American ThinkerYouth medical careSep 19–22, 2024 hormone therapy and surgery for minors
Do you support or oppose gender transition therapy for minors, to include hormone replacement therapy and gender reassignment surgery?
Wording notes: bundles hormone therapy with surgeryuses 'gender reassignment surgery'topline scale is printed with agree/disagree labels although the stem is support/oppose
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Rasmussen Reportsfor American ThinkerIdentity beliefsdata flagSep 19–22, 2024 whether there are only two genders
Do you agree or disagree with this statement: There are only two genders?
Wording notes: single-statement agreement format with no counter-statementasserts the restrictive proposition as the statement to be agreed with
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Rasmussen Reportsfor American ThinkerYouth medical caredata flagSep 19–22, 2024 hormone therapy and surgery for minors
Do you support or oppose gender transition therapy for minors, to include hormone replacement therapy and gender reassignment surgery?
Wording notes: bundles hormone therapy with surgeryuses 'gender reassignment surgery'topline scale is printed with agree/disagree labels although the stem is support/oppose
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Rasmussen Reportsfor American ThinkerIdentity beliefsSep 19–22, 2024 whether there are only two genders
Do you agree or disagree with this statement: There are only two genders?
Wording notes: single-statement agreement format with no counter-statementasserts the restrictive proposition as the statement to be agreed with
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Rasmussen Reportsfor American ThinkerYouth medical careSep 19–22, 2024 hormone therapy and surgery for minors
Do you support or oppose gender transition therapy for minors, to include hormone replacement therapy and gender reassignment surgery?
Wording notes: bundles hormone therapy with surgeryuses 'gender reassignment surgery'topline scale is printed with agree/disagree labels although the stem is support/oppose
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Rasmussen Reportsfor American ThinkerIdentity beliefsSep 19–22, 2024 belief that there are only two genders
Do you agree or disagree with this statement: There are only two genders?
Wording notes: 'only two genders' rather than Rasmussen's national 'There are two genders, male and female' - the word 'only' converts a descriptive statement into an exclusive claimsingle-statement agree/disagree format
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Rasmussen Reportsfor American ThinkerYouth medical careSep 19–22, 2024 gender transition therapy for minors
Do you support or oppose gender transition therapy for minors, to include hormone replacement therapy and gender reassignment surgery?
Wording notes: the published topline labels the response options 'Strongly agree / Somewhat agree / Somewhat disagree / Strongly disagree' even though the question asks support/oppose - a scale/stem mismatch in the instrument as publishedbundles hormone replacement therapy with 'gender reassignment surgery'no mention of parental consent or medical supervision
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Pew Research CenterContact & populationparaphrasedSep 18, 2024 – Oct 10, 2024knows someone who is transgender / nonbinary
Do you know someone who is transgender? Do you know someone who is nonbinary?
Base: Teens were surveyed via a parent who is a member of the Ipsos KnowledgePanel.
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Pew Research CenterIdentity beliefsparaphrasedSep 18, 2024 – Oct 10, 2024 whether gender is determined by sex assigned at birth
Which comes closer to your view, even if neither is exactly right? Whether a person is a man or a woman is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth / A person can be a man or a woman even if that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth
Gender is determined by sex assigned at birth
69%
Gender can be different from sex assigned at birth
30%
- Sample
- 1,391 teens ages 13-17 living with a parent
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Teens were surveyed via a parent who is a member of the Ipsos KnowledgePanel.
Wording notes: forced binary choice, no middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Gender is determined by sex assigned at birth
- A person can be a man or a woman even if that is different from the sex assigned at birth
Pew Research CenterPronouns & languageparaphrasedSep 18, 2024 – Oct 10, 2024 comfort using gender-neutral pronouns for someone who asks
How comfortable, if at all, would you feel using a gender-neutral pronoun, such as "they," to refer to someone if they asked you to?
Base: Teens were surveyed via a parent who is a member of the Ipsos KnowledgePanel.
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very/somewhat comfortable
- Not too/not at all comfortable
Pew Research CenterIdentity beliefsSep 18, 2024 – Oct 10, 2024 whether gender is determined by sex assigned at birth (teens)
Which statement comes closer to your views, even if neither is exactly right?
Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth
69%
Someone can be a man or a woman even if that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth
30%
No answer
2%
- Sample
- 1,391 teens ages 13-17 · ±3.3 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 7 subgroup figures
Base: Boys n=698 (±4.6 points); girls n=669 (±4.7 points). TRANSGEND12 asked of the 1,212 who had heard at least a little about nonbinary people.
Wording notes: response options randomizedidentical wording to the adult ATP item, allowing a direct teen/adult comparison
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth
- Someone can be a man or a woman even if that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth
- No answer
Pew Research CenterPronouns & languageSep 18, 2024 – Oct 10, 2024 teens' comfort with someone using they/them pronouns
Thinking about something that happens sometimes in society, are you comfortable or uncomfortable with someone using the pronouns "they/them" instead of "he" or "she" to describe themselves?
Base: Boys n=698 (±4.6 points); girls n=669 (±4.7 points). TRANSGEND12 asked of the 1,212 who had heard at least a little about nonbinary people.
Wording notes: teen adaptation of the adult W146 battery item; asked standalone rather than inside a comfort batterybinary with no midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Comfortable
- Uncomfortable
- No answer
Pew Research CenterContact & populationSep 18, 2024 – Oct 10, 2024 teens who know a transgender person
Next, we'd like to ask you about people who are transgender, that is, people whose gender is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (such as a person assigned male at birth who identifies as a woman).
Do you personally know anyone who is transgender?
Base: Boys n=698 (±4.6 points); girls n=669 (±4.7 points). TRANSGEND12 asked of the 1,212 who had heard at least a little about nonbinary people.
Wording notes: definition of transgender supplied in preamble
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Pew Research CenterContact & populationSep 18, 2024 – Oct 10, 2024 teens' awareness of nonbinary/gender-fluid identities
Some people don't identify as a man or a woman. Instead, they may describe themselves as not having a gender or describe their gender using terms such as "nonbinary" or "gender-fluid." How much have you heard about people not identifying as a man or a woman (or as a boy or a girl)?
Base: Boys n=698 (±4.6 points); girls n=669 (±4.7 points). TRANSGEND12 asked of the 1,212 who had heard at least a little about nonbinary people.
Wording notes: teen adaptation adds '(or as a boy or a girl)'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- A little
- Nothing at all
- No answer
Pew Research CenterContact & populationSep 18, 2024 – Oct 10, 2024 teens who know someone who is nonbinary
Do you personally know anyone who does not identify as a man or a woman (or as a boy or a girl)?
Base: Boys n=698 (±4.6 points); girls n=669 (±4.7 points). TRANSGEND12 asked of the 1,212 who had heard at least a little about nonbinary people.
Wording notes: asked only of teens who had heard a lot/a little (n=1,212)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
ILInquire LLCfor Buckley InstituteSportsSep 5–12, 2024
transgender college athletes competing in a league designated for a gender different from assigned sex at birth
Which of the following comes closer to your opinion on allowing transgender college athletes to participate in a sports league designated for a gender that is different from their assigned gender at birth?
This is an issue of fairness ... biological differences between men and women
62.7%
Transgender athletes should be able to participate in whichever gender class they feel more comfortable in
29.4%
Unsure
7.9%
- Sample
- 823 four-year, full-time undergraduate students under 25
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Region: East 18.0%, Midwest 21.0%, South 36.0%, West 25.0%
Wording notes: the restrictive option is a full argument ('this is an issue of fairness ... biological differences'), while the permissive option is a bare preference statementthe restrictive option preemptively inoculates the respondent ('while I may support transgender rights')
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Transgender athletes should be able to participate in whichever gender class they feel more comfortable in.
- This is an issue of fairness. And while I may support transgender rights, this disadvantages other athletes because there are biological differences between men and women.
- Unsure
ILInquire LLCfor Buckley InstitutePronouns & languageSep 5–12, 2024
whether the college should require students, professors and faculty to state preferred gender pronouns
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "My college or university should require that students, professors and faculty state their preferred gender pronouns when introducing themselves."
Base: Region: East 18.0%, Midwest 21.0%, South 36.0%, West 25.0%
Wording notes: tests a compulsion frame ('should require') rather than a permission frame
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Unsure
Pew Research CenterContact & populationSep 3–15, 2024 knows a transgender person
Next, we'd like to ask you about people who are transgender, that is, people whose gender is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (such as a person assigned male at birth who identifies as a woman).
Do you personally know anyone who is transgender?
Base: Men n=2,710 (±2.3 points); women n=3,446 (±2.1 points). TRANSGEND12 asked of the 5,464 who had heard at least a little about nonbinary people.
Wording notes: definition of transgender supplied in preamble
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Pew Research CenterContact & populationSep 3–15, 2024 awareness of nonbinary/gender-fluid identities
Some people don't identify as a man or a woman. Instead, they may describe themselves as not having a gender or describe their gender using terms such as "nonbinary" or "gender-fluid." How much have you heard about people not identifying as a man or a woman?
Base: Men n=2,710 (±2.3 points); women n=3,446 (±2.1 points). TRANSGEND12 asked of the 5,464 who had heard at least a little about nonbinary people.
Wording notes: response options rotated 1-3/3-1
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- A little
- Nothing at all
- No answer
Pew Research CenterContact & populationSep 3–15, 2024 knows someone who is nonbinary
Do you personally know anyone who does not identify as a man or a woman?
Base: Men n=2,710 (±2.3 points); women n=3,446 (±2.1 points). TRANSGEND12 asked of the 5,464 who had heard at least a little about nonbinary people.
Wording notes: asked only of those who had heard a lot/a little (n=5,464)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Essential ResearchLegal documents & IDsSep 2024whether the 2026 Australian Census should include gender and sexual orientation questions
Q. In the upcoming Census in 2026 which is closest to your view:
There should be questions on both gender and sexual orientation
42%
There should be no questions on gender or sexual orientation
25%
There should be questions on gender but not sexual orientation
23%
There should be questions on sexual orientation but not gender
10%
- Sample
- 1,132 adults
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- Australia national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 26 subgroup figures
Base: Base for this question: all participants (n=1,132)
Wording notes: no 'don't know' option offeredasked in the context of the Albanese government's reversal on including LGBTIQ+ questions in the 2026 Census
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- There should be questions on both gender and sexual orientation
- There should be no questions on gender or sexual orientation
- There should be questions on gender but not sexual orientation
- There should be questions on sexual orientation but not gender
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19th NewsYouth medical careparaphrasedAug 26, 2024 – Sep 4, 2024
split-sample arm A: the right of transgender minors to access gender-affirming care
Gender-affirming care for transgender minors includes any kind of care designed to support and affirm their gender identity, including therapy, consultations with doctors, hormones or puberty blockers, other medication, and, rarely, surgery.
[stem paraphrased by The 19th] the respondent's opinion on the right of transgender minors to have access to gender-affirming care
Oppose the right of transgender minors to access gender-affirming care
60%
- Sample
- 20,762 adults · error estimate of plus or minus 1.0 percentage point (non-probability survey)
- Method
- river/intercept
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: National sample of 20,762 U.S. adults 18+, selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day. Includes a transgender respondent subsample carrying its own weight.
Wording notes: split sample: asked of half the respondentsall respondents first read a definition of gender-affirming care that explicitly includes therapy and notes surgery is rareasks about a RIGHT, which is the arm that produces majority opposition
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19th NewsYouth medical careparaphrasedAug 26, 2024 – Sep 4, 2024
split-sample arm B: lawmakers banning or restricting gender-affirming care for minors
Gender-affirming care for transgender minors includes any kind of care designed to support and affirm their gender identity, including therapy, consultations with doctors, hormones or puberty blockers, other medication, and, rarely, surgery.
[stem paraphrased by The 19th] the respondent's opinion on lawmakers restricting gender-affirming care for transgender minors
Do not support lawmakers banning or restricting gender-affirming care for minors
54%
Thought lawmakers should focus on restricting such care
17%
- Sample
- 20,762 adults · error estimate of plus or minus 1.0 percentage point (non-probability survey)
- Method
- river/intercept
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 1 subgroup figure
Base: National sample of 20,762 U.S. adults 18+, selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day. Includes a transgender respondent subsample carrying its own weight.
Wording notes: split sample: asked of the other half of the respondentsasks about legislative action rather than about the underlying right, and flips the majority
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19th NewsAdult medical careparaphrasedAug 26, 2024 – Sep 4, 2024
the right of transgender adults to access gender-affirming care
[stem paraphrased by The 19th] the respondent's opinion on the right of transgender adults to access gender-affirming care
Support the right of transgender adults to access gender-affirming care
56%
- Sample
- 20,762 adults · error estimate of plus or minus 1.0 percentage point (non-probability survey)
- Method
- river/intercept
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: National sample of 20,762 U.S. adults 18+, selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day. Includes a transgender respondent subsample carrying its own weight.
Wording notes: the adult version draws majority support where the minor version draws majority opposition, within the same survey
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19th NewsPolitical salienceparaphrasedAug 26, 2024 – Sep 4, 2024
whether politicians are informed enough about gender-affirming care for minors
[stem paraphrased by The 19th] whether politicians are informed enough about gender-affirming care for minors to make fair policy
Politicians are NOT informed enough about gender-affirming care for minors to make fair policy
72%
Politicians are informed enough (complement, matching the 24 percent The 19th reported for this wave in its April 2025 story)
24%
- Sample
- 20,762 adults · error estimate of plus or minus 1.0 percentage point (non-probability survey)
- Method
- river/intercept
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: National sample of 20,762 U.S. adults 18+, selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day. Includes a transgender respondent subsample carrying its own weight.
Wording notes: asks about policymaker competence rather than about the policy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Informed enough
- Not informed enough
NBC News/SurveyMonkeyContact & populationAug 23–30, 2024self-identification as transgender among adults 18-29
What is your current gender? [SELECT ALL THAT APPLY]
Base: National sample of U.S. adults aged 18-29 only
Wording notes: select-all-that-apply, so 'Transgender' can be selected alongside Male or Femaleasked immediately after a separate 'sex assigned at birth' item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Male
- Female
- Nonbinary
- Transgender
- Not listed
YouGovfor Deseret News, the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at BYU, and the Wheatley Institute at BYUYouth medical careAug 22–29, 2024state laws banning puberty-delaying hormone therapy for minors
Next, we will ask about several policies being considered by some states. As you consider the answers, please respond based on what you think about your own state adopting that policy.
Next, we will ask about several policies being considered by some states. As you consider the answers, please respond based on what you think about your own state adopting that policy. Do you support or oppose your state passing laws preventing hormone therapy that delays puberty for minors experiencing gender dysphoria?
Base: Of the 3,000 respondents, 1,521 live in states with no gender-affirming-care ban and 1,479 live in states that have passed a ban.
Wording notes: uses the clinical term 'gender dysphoria' without defining itasks about the respondent's own state adopting the policy rather than the policy in the abstractexplicit Don't know option, taken by a quarter of respondentscovers only puberty-delaying hormone therapy, not the wider category of gender-affirming care
Response options as the pollster wrote them
PRRINondiscriminationAug 16, 2024 – Sep 4, 2024LGBT nondiscrimination protections in jobs, public accommodations and housing (item explicitly names transgender people)
Q10. How much do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE]:
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing.
Base: 5,027 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 325 recruited from opt-in panels. This fielding doubles as AVA Wave 3 for 2024 and as the annual American Values Survey; PRRI labels it 'Sept. 2024' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate September 2024 AVA wave rather than duplicating it.
Wording notes: bundles transgender people with gay, lesbian and bisexual people in one itemthree policy domains combined in one question (jobs, public accommodations, housing)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRIYouth medical careAug 16, 2024 – Sep 4, 2024 laws preventing parents from allowing a minor to receive gender-transition medical care
Q10. How much do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE]:
Laws that prevent parents from allowing their child to receive medical care for a gender transition.
Base: 5,027 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 325 recruited from opt-in panels. This fielding doubles as AVA Wave 3 for 2024 and as the annual American Values Survey; PRRI labels it 'Sept. 2024' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate September 2024 AVA wave rather than duplicating it.
Wording notes: frames the ban as constraining parents rather than minors or providersdoes not name specific interventions (puberty blockers, hormones, surgery)'medical care for a gender transition' rather than 'gender-affirming care'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
PRRILegal documents & IDsAug 16, 2024 – Sep 4, 2024 driver's licenses and government IDs required to display sex at birth rather than gender identity
Q10. How much do you favor or oppose each of the following? [RANDOMIZE]:
Laws that require driver's licenses or government ID to display the person's sex at birth rather than their gender identity.
Base: 5,027 Ipsos KnowledgePanel respondents plus 325 recruited from opt-in panels. This fielding doubles as AVA Wave 3 for 2024 and as the annual American Values Survey; PRRI labels it 'Sept. 2024' in the AVA LGBTQ trend tables, so this record replaces a separate September 2024 AVA wave rather than duplicating it.
Wording notes: uses 'sex at birth' against 'gender identity'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
Rasmussen ReportsSchool policyAug 7–11, 2024 whether schools accommodate trans students too much
In terms of public schools and students who identify as transgender, do most schools not do enough to accommodate such students, or do they do too much? Or is the amount of accommodation for transgender students in most public schools about right?
Wording notes: 'students who identify as transgender' rather than 'transgender students'offers a genuine middle option ('about right') and a not-sure, unlike most Rasmussen trans itemsthe affirming option is presented first
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Not do enough
- Do too much
- About right
- Not sure
ANANESBathrooms & facilitiesAug 3, 2024 – Nov 5, 2024
ANES variable V241370 (TRANSPOLICY_RESTRM) - allowing transgender people to use public bathrooms matching gender identity
Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose allowing transgender people to use public bathrooms that match the gender they identify with?
Base: 5,521 pre-election interviews: 1,042 fresh in-person sample, 2,308 fresh web sample, 2,171 panel respondents carried forward from the 2016 and 2020 ANES studies
Wording notes: FORMAT BREAK: replaces the 2016/2020 two-option forced choice with favor/oppose/neither, so the 2024 numbers are not a continuation of the earlier trendexplicit middle category absorbs a quarter of responsesno longer defines 'transgender people' in the stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Favor
- Oppose
- Neither favor nor oppose
ANANESBathrooms & facilitiesAug 3, 2024 – Nov 5, 2024
ANES summary variable V241372x - bathroom item folded with strength (7-point)
IF R FAVORS ALLOWING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE TO USE BATHROOM THAT MATCHES THE GENDER THEY IDENTIFY WITH / IF R OPPOSES ALLOWING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE TO USE BATHROOM THAT MATCHES THE GENDER THEY IDENTIFY WITH:
Do you [favor / oppose] that [a great deal, a moderate amount, or a little / a little, a moderate amount, or a great deal]?
Base: 5,521 pre-election interviews: 1,042 fresh in-person sample, 2,308 fresh web sample, 2,171 panel respondents carried forward from the 2016 and 2020 ANES studies
Wording notes: 7-point folded scale with a true midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A great deal
- A moderate amount
- A little