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Harvard CAPS/HarrisSchool policyJul 26–28, 2024cutting school funding over 'radical gender ideology'
Recently, the Republican Party released its policy platform on a variety of issues, some of which are below. Please indicate how strongly you support or oppose each of the following policy goals: Cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, radical gender ideology, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content on our children
Base: Split-sample battery: the two items below were each asked of roughly half the sample (unweighted bases 1,088 and 1,093).
Wording notes: verbatim GOP platform language, presented as such'radical gender ideology' and 'inappropriate' are the platform's own pejoratives, carried into the stemtriple-barreled: CRT, gender ideology, and unspecified 'inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Unsure/Don't know
Harvard CAPS/HarrisYouth medical careJun 14–15, 2023 age limit on gender surgery and puberty blockers
Do you think that surgery to change gender and puberty blockers should be allowed for minors under 18 or only be allowed for people over 18 years old in your state?
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 2,090.
Wording notes: bundles surgery and puberty blockers into a single stimulus, though the two have very different prevalence in minorsno 'not sure' optionno mention of parental or clinical involvement
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Allowed for minors
- Only be allowed for people over 18 years old
Harvard CAPS/HarrisParental rightsJun 14–15, 2023 youth gender care without parental permission
Do you favor or oppose a law in your state that would allow gender changing surgery and puberty blockers for minors without parental permission?
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 2,090.
Wording notes: bundles surgery and puberty blockers'without parental permission' describes a policy essentially no U.S. state has enactedno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisGeneral acceptanceApr 18–19, 2023 corporate marketing through trans influencers
Is it appropriate or inappropriate for Budweiser beer conduct marketing through transgender social media influencers?
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 1,845.
Wording notes: grammatical error ('for Budweiser beer conduct marketing')the brand is Bud Light, referred to throughout as 'Budweiser'no 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisGeneral acceptanceApr 18–19, 2023 trans influencer's face on a beer can
Is it appropriate or inappropriate for Budweiser beer to print the face or a transgender influencer in a beer can intended for marketing purposes?
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 1,845.
Wording notes: grammatical errors ('the face or a transgender influencer', 'in a beer can')no 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisGeneral acceptanceApr 18–19, 2023 whether the Bud Light backlash was justified
Is the backlash towards Budweiser's sponsorship of trans social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney justified or not justified?
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 1,845.
Wording notes: no 'not sure' optionassumes the respondent knows what 'the backlash' consisted of
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisGeneral acceptanceApr 18–19, 2023 whether Bud Light should drop the sponsorship
Should Budweiser corporate drop the sponsorship of trans social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney or keep its course?
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 1,845.
Wording notes: no 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Drop the sponsorship with Dylan Mulvaney
- Keep its course
Harvard CAPS/HarrisYouth medical careDec 14–15, 2022 whether a pro-youth-transition tweet should be banned
For each of these Tweets let please indicate if you think Twitter should allow it or ban it? Children as young as nine should take hormones and sex change drugs if they feel they are of another sex.
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 1,851.
Wording notes: the stimulus statement is a strawman - 'children as young as nine should take hormones and sex change drugs' describes no mainstream clinical protocol'sex change drugs' is not a clinical termmeasures speech moderation, not policy support
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisYouth medical careDec 14–15, 2022 whether an anti-youth-transition tweet should be banned
For each of these Tweets let please indicate if you think Twitter should allow it or ban it? Children under 18 should not be provided sex change hormones, drugs or operations.
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 1,851.
Wording notes: 'sex change hormones, drugs or operations' is not a clinical termmeasures speech moderation, not policy support
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisPronouns & languageMay 18–19, 2022 kids choosing their own pronouns
Do you think that kids should be able to pick their pronouns - he, she or they - or do you think they should be called by their sex?
Base: Unweighted base 1,963; weighted base 1,959.
Wording notes: no age specified for 'kids'no 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Kids should be able to pick their pronouns
- Called by their sex
Harvard CAPS/HarrisPronouns & languageMay 18–19, 2022 pronoun choice as anti-discrimination vs confusing kids
Is allowing kids to pick their own pronouns a move that prevents discrimination against transgender students or do you think it is excessive measure that does more to confuse kids about their sex?
Base: Unweighted base 1,963; weighted base 1,959.
Wording notes: the restrictive option embeds two assertions ('excessive measure' and 'confuse kids')no 'not sure' optiongrammatical error 'it is excessive measure'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Prevents discrimination
- Confuses kids
Harvard CAPS/HarrisPronouns & languageMay 18–19, 2022 teachers required to use preferred pronouns
Do you think teachers should be required to use pronouns that kids say they want used under penalty of losing their job or should teachers have discretion to use pronouns as they see appropriate?
Base: Unweighted base 1,963; weighted base 1,959.
Wording notes: 'under penalty of losing their job' attaches a maximal sanction to the affirming option onlyno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Teacher should be required to use kids' preferred pronouns
- Teachers should have discretion
Harvard CAPS/HarrisPronouns & languageMay 18–19, 2022 misgendering as illegal discrimination
Do you think it should be classified as illegal discrimination if you fail to use someone's selected pronouns or should that not be illegal?
Base: Unweighted base 1,963; weighted base 1,959.
Wording notes: 'fail to use' is neutral as to intent - it covers both accident and deliberate refusalno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Illegal discrimination
- Not illegal
Harvard CAPS/HarrisSchool policyApr 20–21, 2022 whether Florida-style K-3 sexuality instruction bans are discriminatory
Preceded by ISS13_APR ('Do you think that info about sexuality should be taught in schools at kindergarten through third grade levels or should such topics be left to parents to discuss with their young children?') and ISS14_APR ('Would you favor or oppose legislation to prohibit the course instruction about sexuality at kindergarten through third grade levels and leave such discussions to parents?')
Do you believe such legislation is discriminatory against gays and transgender individuals or does it protect the right of parents over their children?
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 1,966.
Wording notes: 'such legislation' refers back to the prior item and is not restatedoffers 'protects the rights of parents' as the only alternative to 'discriminatory', which is not a true oppositeno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Such legislation is discriminatory
- Legislation protects the rights of parents over their children
Harvard CAPS/HarrisSchool policyApr 20–21, 2022 teacher indoctrination on gender identity
Do you think that some teachers and institutions are deliberately trying to indoctrinate youth on untested theories of gender identity, or do you think this is being overblown and exaggerated by the right for political purposes?
Some teachers and institutions are deliberately trying to indoctrinate youth on untested theories of gender identity
59%
This is being overblown and exaggerated by the right for political purposes
41%
- Sample
- 1,966 registered voters · not disclosed
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 1,966.
Wording notes: 'indoctrinate' and 'untested theories' are both loadedthe counter-option attributes the opposing view to a partisan actor ('the right'), making the denial option partisan while the affirmation option is stated as factno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Some teachers and institutions are deliberately trying to indoctrinate youth on untested theories of gender identity
- This is being overblown and exaggerated by the right for political purposes
Harvard CAPS/HarrisIdentity beliefsMar 23–24, 2022 whether 'there are only two genders' should be censored online
Next, we would like to show you some things people might say on the web. For each one, indicate if you think they should be permitted to say that on the web or should be censored and removed. There are only two genders, male and female
Base: Unweighted base 1,990; weighted base 2,000.
Wording notes: the trans-related item is embedded in a list that also includes Holocaust denial and a threat against the President, which anchors it against extreme speechmeasures speech tolerance, not agreement with the statement
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Stay on the web
- Censored and removed
Harvard CAPS/HarrisSportsApr 27–29, 2021 trans athletes on girls' teams
Do you want transgender athletes to be able to play on girls teams or not?
Base: Topline header states 1,872 registered voters; the base for the trans-athlete item (Table 64) is unweighted 1,693 / weighted 1,699, indicating that item was asked of a subset.
Wording notes: asks only about 'girls teams', not boys' teams or sports generally'Do you want...' is a preference stem rather than a policy stemno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBooks & mediaFeb 23–25, 2021 Amazon removal of a book critical of the trans movement
Amazon recently pulled off its store a book challenging some of the assumptions of the transgender movement. Do you think Amazon should be taking such books out of its online store or should be allowing the book to be sold on its platform?
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 1,778. Topline header contains a typo reading 'February 23-35, 2021'; the per-table fielding line reads February 23 - 25, 2021.
Wording notes: describes the book only as 'challenging some of the assumptions of the transgender movement' - the book (Ryan T. Anderson, 'When Harry Became Sally') is not namedno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Amazon should take such books out
- Amazon should allow such books
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBathrooms & facilitiesMay 29–30, 2019 workplace restroom policy for trans employees
How should workplaces deal with trans-gender and gender-neutral employees when it comes to the use of restrooms?
Provide gender-neutral restrooms
43%
Do nothing. This is not an issue for employers to solve
35%
Allow trans-gender and gender-neutral employees choose the restroom associate with
22%
- Sample
- 1,295 registered voters · not disclosed
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: response option text is garbled in the published topline ('choose the restroom associate with')no 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Allow trans-gender and gender-neutral employees choose the restroom associate with
- Provide gender-neutral restrooms
- Do nothing. This is not an issue for employers to solve
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBathrooms & facilitiesMay 29–30, 2019 birth-sex vs gender-identity restroom use
Do you think that transgender people should be required to use the bathroom of their sex at birth or allowed to use the bathroom that best aligns with their gender identity and stated sex?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: no 'not sure' optionuses 'sex at birth' and 'stated sex' symmetrically
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Use the bathroom of their sex at birth
- Use the bathroom that best aligns with their stated sex
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBathrooms & facilitiesMay 29–30, 2019 constitutional right to bathroom of stated sex
Would you favor the Supreme Court finding that transgender people have a constitutional right to use the bathroom of their stated sex or oppose such a finding?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: no 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBathrooms & facilitiesMay 29–30, 2019 whether birth-sex bathroom laws are discriminatory
In general, do you think laws that require transgender people to use the bathroom of their sex at birth are discriminatory to them or not?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: no 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Discriminatory
- Not discriminatory
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBathrooms & facilitiesMay 29–30, 2019 law requiring birth-sex bathroom use
Do you favor or oppose a law to require public institutions and accommodations to require transgender people to use bathrooms of their sex at birth?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: no 'not sure' optionpaired split-half style with GC0508, which asks the mirror-image policy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBathrooms & facilitiesMay 29–30, 2019 law allowing gender-identity bathroom use
Do you favor or oppose a law to require public institutions and accommodations to allow transgender people to use bathrooms that best aligns with their gender identity and stated sex?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: no 'not sure' optionmirror image of GC0507 asked of the same respondents
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisBathrooms & facilitiesMay 29–30, 2019 which body should decide bathroom policy
Do you think the issue of public bathroom use by transgender people should be decided by each state, by Congress or the Supreme Court?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: no 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- State
- Congress
- Supreme Court
Harvard CAPS/HarrisMilitary serviceMay 29–30, 2019 trans military service
Do you favor or oppose allowing transgender to serve in the military?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: grammatically truncated - 'allowing transgender to serve' omits the noun ('transgender people'), a published wording errorno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisLegal documents & IDsMay 29–30, 2019 self-specified gender in government and school treatment
Do you think that in general people should be able to specify their gender identity and stated sex to be used in how people are treated by the government and public institutions like schools or should stated sex not be used?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: convoluted double-clause stemno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be able to specify their stated sex
- Stated sex should not be used
Harvard CAPS/HarrisSportsMay 29–30, 2019 high school and college team eligibility
Should competitive athletic teams in high schools and college allow transgender to play on the team of their stated sex or require them to play on the teams of their birth sex?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: grammatically truncated ('allow transgender to play')no 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Allow to play on the team of their stated sex
- Require them to play on the teams of their birth sex
Harvard CAPS/HarrisSportsMay 29–30, 2019 gender-neutral sports
Should we make all sports gender-neutral, allowing athletes of both sexes to compete with one another as they chose?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: one-sided stem ('Should we make...') with no stated alternativetypo 'as they chose'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisSportsMay 29–30, 2019 fairness of competing against trans athletes
Do you consider it fair or unfair for athletes of one sex to compete against gender-neutral or trans-gender athletes who were born as members of the either sex?
Base: Unweighted base 1,295; weighted base 1,328 (topline is filtered on registered voters but weighted to the U.S. general adult population)
Wording notes: garbled stem ('who were born as members of the either sex')conflates 'gender-neutral' and 'trans-gender' athletes
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Fair
- Unfair
- Unsure / Don't Know
Harvard CAPS/HarrisMilitary serviceOct 26–28, 2018 trans military service approval
Do you approve or disapprove of the following? Allowing transgender individuals to serve in the U.S. military.
Base: Unweighted base 1,835 registered voters per the topline header; the base shown for this item is 1,821.
Wording notes: offers an explicit middle 'neither' category, unlike most HHP trans itemsno 'not sure' option beyond 'neither'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly approve
- Somewhat approve
- Neither approve nor disapprove
- Somewhat disapprove
- Strongly disapprove