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Ipsosfor The New York TimesGeneral acceptanceJan 2–10, 2025society gone too far / not far enough in accommodating transgender people
Which statement comes closest to your feelings about the way our society deals with transgender people - that is, someone who does not identify with their sex at birth, like a person born male who now identifies as female.
Society has gone too far in accommodating transgender people
49%
Society has reached a reasonable balance when it comes to accommodating transgender people
28%
Society has not gone far enough in accommodating transgender people
21%
Refused
3%
- Sample
- 2,128 adults · +/- 2.6 percentage points at the 95% confidence level for all respondents
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 12 subgroup figures
Base: Party subgroups as published: Republican/Lean Republican N=1,022; Democrat/Lean Democrat N=1,025; Independent/Something else N=81 (very small independent base - treat that column with caution)
Wording notes: supplies a definition of 'transgender' inside the question stemdefinition example is male-to-female onlyoffers an explicit middle option ('reasonable balance')
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Society has gone too far in accommodating transgender people.
- Society has not gone far enough in accommodating transgender people.
- Society has reached a reasonable balance when it comes to accommodating transgender people.
- Refused
Ipsosfor The New York TimesSportsJan 2–10, 2025 transgender women competing in women's sports
Thinking about transgender female athletes - meaning athletes who were male at birth but who currently identify as female - do you think they should or should not be allowed to compete in women's sports?
Base: Party subgroups as published: Republican/Lean Republican N=1,022; Democrat/Lean Democrat N=1,025; Independent/Something else N=81 (very small independent base - treat that column with caution)
Wording notes: no level of competition specified (youth vs. college vs. elite)no middle or 'depends' option offered'who were male at birth' framing
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be allowed to compete in women's sports
- Should not be allowed to compete in women's sports
- Refused
Ipsosfor The New York TimesYouth medical careJan 2–10, 2025 puberty blockers / hormone therapy for minors, by age band
Thinking about medications used for transgender care, do you think doctors should be able to prescribe puberty-blocking drugs or hormone therapy to minors between the ages of 10 and 18?
Base: Party subgroups as published: Republican/Lean Republican N=1,022; Democrat/Lean Democrat N=1,025; Independent/Something else N=81 (very small independent base - treat that column with caution)
Wording notes: response set splits the permissive side into two options while the restrictive side is a single optiondoes not mention parental consent or clinical assessment
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, minors ages 10 to 18 should have access
- Yes, but only minors ages 15 to 18 should have access
- No one under age 18 should have access
- Refused
Ipsosfor ReutersSchool policyMar 7–13, 2024 whether sex, sexuality and gender identity should be taught in grades 1-8
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Issues related to sex, sexuality and gender identity should be taught in public schools, grades 1-8.
Base: Democrat N=1698; Republican N=1748; Independent N=375.
Wording notes: grade band 1-8 spans six-year-olds to fourteen-year-olds, treated as one undifferentiated policybundles sex, sexuality and gender identity into a single stimulusasks about instruction, not about how trans students themselves are treated - a distinction the public debate often collapses
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Ipsosfor John S. and James L. Knight FoundationOtherMar 7–28, 2024 whether hate speech attacking people on the basis of gender identity (among other characteristics) should be protected by the First Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that hate speech - which attacks people based on their race, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation - is legally protected free speech.
The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that hate speech - which attacks people based on their race, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation - is legally protected free speech. Do you think hate speech is a form of expression that should or should not be protected by the First Amendment?
No, should not be protected
52%
Yes, should be protected
46%
Skipped
2%
- Sample
- 1,678 currently enrolled college students ages 18-24 · +/- 2.7 percentage points
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 418 students at two-year colleges and 1,246 at four-year colleges.
Wording notes: gender identity appears only inside the definition of hate speech, not as the subject of the questionstem asserts the Supreme Court's holding before asking the opinion, which anchors toward 'should be protected'the 2017 version of this item omitted the four-characteristic definition entirely and is therefore not comparable for this database
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, should be protected
- No, should not be protected
- Skipped
Ipsosfor John S. and James L. Knight FoundationOtherMar 7–28, 2024 whether hate speech attacking people on the basis of gender identity (among other characteristics) should be allowed on college campuses
Do you think hate speech - meaning, speech which attacks people based on their race, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation - is a form of expression that should be allowed on college campuses?
Base: 418 students at two-year colleges and 1,246 at four-year colleges.
Wording notes: gender identity appears only inside the definition of hate speechthe report itself footnotes that respondents may read the item as covering harassment or conduct rather than protected speech
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, should be allowed
- No, should not be allowed
IpsosNondiscriminationFeb 23, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 protection from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
Transgender people should be protected from discrimination in employment, housing, and access to businesses such as restaurants and stores
Base: US sample is approximately 1,000 of 18,515 adults interviewed across 26 countries; US respondents aged 18-74
Wording notes: agree/disagree format subject to acquiescence biasagree share only for this wave
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly/somewhat agree
- Not sure
- Strongly/somewhat disagree
IpsosGeneral acceptanceFeb 23, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 perceived discrimination faced by transgender people
In your opinion, how much discrimination do transgender people face in our society today?
Base: US sample is approximately 1,000 of 18,515 adults interviewed across 26 countries; US respondents aged 18-74
Wording notes: collapsed net only for this wave
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A great deal/fair amount
- Not sure
- Not much/not at all
IpsosYouth medical careFeb 23, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 gender-affirming care for transgender teenagers with parental consent
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
With parental consent, transgender teenagers should be allowed to receive gender-affirming care (e.g., counseling and hormone replacement treatment)
Base: US sample is approximately 1,000 of 18,515 adults interviewed across 26 countries; US respondents aged 18-74
Wording notes: conditioned on parental consentexcludes surgery
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly/somewhat agree
- Not sure
- Strongly/somewhat disagree
IpsosBathrooms & facilitiesFeb 23, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 access to single-sex facilities matching gender identity
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
Transgender people should be allowed to use single-sex facilities (e.g., public restrooms) that correspond to the gender they identify with
Base: US sample is approximately 1,000 of 18,515 adults interviewed across 26 countries; US respondents aged 18-74
Wording notes: affirming direction is the agree pole
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly/somewhat agree
- Not sure
- Strongly/somewhat disagree
IpsosLegal documents & IDsFeb 23, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 non-binary gender marker option on government-issued documents
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
Government-issued documents such as passports should include an option other than "male" and "female" for people who do not identify as either
Base: US sample is approximately 1,000 of 18,515 adults interviewed across 26 countries; US respondents aged 18-74
Wording notes: about non-binary markers specifically
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly/somewhat agree
- Not sure
- Strongly/somewhat disagree
IpsosAdult medical careFeb 23, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 insurance coverage of gender transition costs
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
Health insurance systems should cover the costs of gender transition no differently than the costs of other medical procedures
Base: US sample is approximately 1,000 of 18,515 adults interviewed across 26 countries; US respondents aged 18-74
Wording notes: parity framing
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly/somewhat agree
- Not sure
- Strongly/somewhat disagree
IpsosSportsFeb 23, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 transgender athletes competing according to gender identity
To what extent do you support or oppose the following?
Transgender athletes competing based on the gender they identify with rather than the sex assigned at birth
Base: US sample is approximately 1,000 of 18,515 adults interviewed across 26 countries; US respondents aged 18-74
Wording notes: 'sex assigned at birth' vs 'gender they identify with' contrastno sport, level of competition or age specifiedlowest-support item in the whole Ipsos transgender battery in nearly every country
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly/somewhat support
- Neither
- Strongly/somewhat oppose
IpsosNondiscriminationFeb 23, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 employment, housing and public accommodation protections for transgender people
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
Transgender people should be protected from discrimination in employment, housing, and access to businesses such as restaurants and stores
Base: Approximately 1,000 per country in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain and the U.S.; roughly 500 in the remaining markets. Ages 18-74 in Canada, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Turkiye and the United States, 20-74 in Thailand, 21-74 in Singapore, 16-74 elsewhere.
Wording notes: agree/disagree format is subject to acquiescence bias
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly/somewhat agree
- Neither
- Strongly/somewhat disagree
IpsosYouth medical careFeb 23, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 gender-affirming care for transgender teenagers with parental consent
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
With parental consent, transgender teenagers should be allowed to receive gender-affirming care (e.g., counselling and hormone replacement treatment)
Base: Approximately 1,000 per country in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain and the U.S.; roughly 500 in the remaining markets. Ages 18-74 in Canada, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Turkiye and the United States, 20-74 in Thailand, 21-74 in Singapore, 16-74 elsewhere.
Wording notes: specifies parental consentexamples limit treatments to counselling and hormones
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly/somewhat agree
- Neither
- Strongly/somewhat disagree
IpsosBathrooms & facilitiesFeb 23, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 single-sex facilities matching gender identity
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
Transgender people should be allowed to use single-sex facilities (e.g., public restrooms) that correspond to the gender they identify with
Base: Approximately 1,000 per country in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain and the U.S.; roughly 500 in the remaining markets. Ages 18-74 in Canada, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Turkiye and the United States, 20-74 in Thailand, 21-74 in Singapore, 16-74 elsewhere.
Wording notes: uses 'the gender they identify with'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly/somewhat agree
- Neither
- Strongly/somewhat disagree
IpsosLegal documents & IDsFeb 23, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 non-binary option on government-issued documents
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
Government-issued documents such as passports should include an option other than "male" and "female" for people who do not identify as either
Base: Approximately 1,000 per country in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain and the U.S.; roughly 500 in the remaining markets. Ages 18-74 in Canada, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Turkiye and the United States, 20-74 in Thailand, 21-74 in Singapore, 16-74 elsewhere.
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly/somewhat agree
- Neither
- Strongly/somewhat disagree
IpsosAdult medical careFeb 23, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 insurance coverage of gender transition costs
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
Health insurance systems should cover the costs of gender transition no differently than the costs of other medical procedures
Base: Approximately 1,000 per country in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain and the U.S.; roughly 500 in the remaining markets. Ages 18-74 in Canada, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Turkiye and the United States, 20-74 in Thailand, 21-74 in Singapore, 16-74 elsewhere.
Wording notes: parity framing ('no differently than')
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly/somewhat agree
- Neither
- Strongly/somewhat disagree
IpsosSportsFeb 23, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 transgender athletes competing by gender identity
To what extent do you support or oppose the following:
Transgender athletes competing based on the gender they identify with rather the sex they were assigned at birth
Base: Approximately 1,000 per country in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain and the U.S.; roughly 500 in the remaining markets. Ages 18-74 in Canada, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Turkiye and the United States, 20-74 in Thailand, 21-74 in Singapore, 16-74 elsewhere.
Wording notes: uses 'the sex they were assigned at birth'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly/somewhat support
- Neither support nor oppose
- Strongly/somewhat oppose
Ipsosfor ReutersSchool policyJan 3–9, 2024 whether sex, sexuality and gender identity should be taught in grades 1-8
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Issues related to sex, sexuality and gender identity should be taught in public schools, grades 1-8.
Base: Democrat N=2001; Republican N=1941; Independent N=449.
Wording notes: grade band 1-8 spans six-year-olds to fourteen-year-olds, treated as one undifferentiated policybundles sex, sexuality and gender identity into a single stimulusasks about instruction, not about how trans students themselves are treated - a distinction the public debate often collapses
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersSchool policyDec 5–11, 2023 whether sex, sexuality and gender identity should be taught in grades 1-8
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Issues related to sex, sexuality and gender identity should be taught in public schools, grades 1-8.
Base: Republican N=1689; Democrat N=2050; Independent N=481.
Wording notes: grade band 1-8 spans six-year-olds to fourteen-year-olds, treated as one undifferentiated policybundles sex, sexuality and gender identity into a single stimulusasks about instruction, not about how trans students themselves are treated - a distinction the public debate often collapses
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersSchool policySep 8–14, 2023 whether sex, sexuality and gender identity should be taught in grades 1-8
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Issues related to sex, sexuality and gender identity should be taught in public schools, grades 1-8.
Base: Republican N=1749; Democrat N=2024; Independent N=418.
Wording notes: grade band 1-8 spans six-year-olds to fourteen-year-olds, treated as one undifferentiated policybundles sex, sexuality and gender identity into a single stimulusasks about instruction, not about how trans students themselves are treated - a distinction the public debate often collapses
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersPolitical salienceJul 11–17, 2023 importance of trans athletes in children's sports to vote choice
How important, if at all, will each of the following be in determining how you vote in the next election?
How important, if at all, will each of the following be in determining how you vote in the next election? - Transgender athletes participating in children's sports (elementary/high school)
Very important
31%
Somewhat important
24%
Not very important
16%
Not at all important
14%
Most important - only issue I really care about
6%
Not sure
10%
Total important 61%Total not important 29%
- Sample
- 4,414 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents; design-effect adjusted confidence interval +/- 3.3 points. Party CIs: Democrats +/- 2.7, Republicans +/- 3.0, independents +/- 5.3.
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 7 subgroup figures
Base: 2,044 Democrats, 1,640 Republicans, 508 independents.
Wording notes: unusually well-specified stimulus - names the level of competition (elementary/high school), unlike most sports itemsthe scale includes a 'only issue I really care about' extreme, which lets genuine single-issue intensity be isolatedsits in a battery alongside 'Government or elite policies discriminating against white people', which places the trans item in an explicitly grievance-politics frame
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Most important - only issue I really care about
- Very important
- Somewhat important
- Not very important
- Not at all important
- Not sure
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersParty & candidate handlingJul 11–17, 2023 which party has the best approach to sex, sexuality and gender identity in public schools
And thinking about the same things, which party do you think has the best approach to these things?
And thinking about the same things, which party do you think has the best approach to these things? - Issues related to sex, sexuality, and gender identity being discussed in public schools
Democratic party
35%
Republican party
31%
Another party
5%
Don't know
16%
None
13%
- Sample
- 4,414 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents; design-effect adjusted confidence interval +/- 3.3 points. Party CIs: Democrats +/- 2.7, Republicans +/- 3.0, independents +/- 5.3.
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 8 subgroup figures
Base: 2,044 Democrats, 1,640 Republicans, 508 independents.
Wording notes: 'None' and 'Don't know' both offered, together taken by 29% - a large bloc that trusts neither partybundles sex, sexuality and gender identity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Democratic party
- Republican party
- Another party
- None
- Don't know
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersParty & candidate handlingJul 11–17, 2023 which party has the best approach to trans athletes in children's sports
And thinking about the same things, which party do you think has the best approach to these things?
And thinking about the same things, which party do you think has the best approach to these things? - Transgender athletes participating in children's sports (elementary/high school)
Republican party
31%
Democratic party
30%
Another party
4%
Don't know
18%
None
17%
- Sample
- 4,414 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents; design-effect adjusted confidence interval +/- 3.3 points. Party CIs: Democrats +/- 2.7, Republicans +/- 3.0, independents +/- 5.3.
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 8 subgroup figures
Base: 2,044 Democrats, 1,640 Republicans, 508 independents.
Wording notes: 35% choose 'None', 'Another party' or 'Don't know' - the largest such bloc in the battery
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Democratic party
- Republican party
- Another party
- None
- Don't know
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersSchool policyJul 11–17, 2023 whether sex, sexuality and gender identity should be taught in grades 1-8
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Issues related to sex, sexuality and gender identity should be taught in public schools, grades 1-8.
Total disagree
50%
Total agree
36%
Not sure
14%
- Sample
- 4,414 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents; design-effect adjusted confidence interval +/- 3.3 points. Party CIs: Democrats +/- 2.7, Republicans +/- 3.0, independents +/- 5.3.
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 6 subgroup figures
Base: 2,044 Democrats, 1,640 Republicans, 508 independents.
Wording notes: grade band 1-8 stretches from six-year-olds to fourteen-year-olds - an enormous developmental range treated as one unitbundles sex, sexuality and gender identity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersSportsJul 11–17, 2023 transgender athletes in elementary and high school sports
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Transgender athletes should be able to participate in children's sports (elementary/high school)
Base: 2,044 Democrats, 1,640 Republicans, 508 independents.
Wording notes: does not specify the sex of the athlete or the category being entered - 'transgender athletes' generically, unlike the girls/boys mirror pair used in the TM2062Y21 batterylevel of competition specified (elementary/high school), which is a strength
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Ipsosfor AxiosIdentity beliefsMay 12–15, 2023 whether people should be able to decide their own gender identity
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? People should be able to decide for themselves their gender identity
Base: The published topline reports wave-level totals only; no party or demographic crosstabs are printed. Ipsos's own writeup states that party gaps on these items run 35-40 percentage points or more, but does not publish the underlying figures.
Wording notes: offers a true midpoint, taken by 24% - a quarter of adults decline to take a side on the foundational questionpaired with an otherwise identical item substituting 'Teenagers' for 'People', which makes it a clean age manipulationthe response distribution is strongly bimodal: 28% strongly agree, 24% strongly disagree, with only 16% and 7% in the 'somewhat' categories
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Skipped
Ipsosfor AxiosIdentity beliefsMay 12–15, 2023 whether teenagers should be able to decide their own gender identity
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Teenagers should be able to decide for themselves their gender identity
Total Strongly agree / Somewhat agree 33%
- Sample
- 1,095 adults · +/- 3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level for the entire sample of adults (design-effect adjusted)
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: The published topline reports wave-level totals only; no party or demographic crosstabs are printed. Ipsos's own writeup states that party gaps on these items run 35-40 percentage points or more, but does not publish the underlying figures.
Wording notes: differs from the adult version only in the subject noun - a deliberate within-battery age manipulation'Teenagers' is unqualified as to age, covering both 13-year-olds and 19-year-oldsconcerns identity self-definition, not medical intervention - a distinction the public debate frequently collapses
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Skipped
Ipsosfor AxiosParental rightsMay 12–15, 2023 whether supportive parents of transgender children are committing something like child abuse
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Parents supporting their transgender children with transitioning genders are committing something like child abuse
Total Strongly agree / Somewhat agree 36%
- Sample
- 1,095 adults · +/- 3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level for the entire sample of adults (design-effect adjusted)
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: The published topline reports wave-level totals only; no party or demographic crosstabs are printed. Ipsos's own writeup states that party gaps on these items run 35-40 percentage points or more, but does not publish the underlying figures.
Wording notes: 'something like child abuse' is a hedged formulation - it invites agreement with a moral analogy rather than a factual claim, which lowers the bar for endorsement relative to asking whether it IS child abuseagree/disagree format, so acquiescence bias runs toward the accusation'transitioning genders' is vague as to what is involved - social transition, blockers, hormones and surgery are all compatible with the wording24% took the midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Skipped
IpsosBooks & mediaparaphrasedApr 24–25, 2023 vote effect of a candidate supporting school book bans on sex and gender topics
Would you be more likely or less likely to support a candidate who supports banning books about sex and gender from school libraries?
Wording notes: vote-effect framing rather than direct policy supportuses the word 'ban'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Much more likely
- Somewhat more likely
- Somewhat less likely
- Much less likely
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersYouth medical careMar 14–20, 2023 banning doctors from providing transition-related treatment to minors
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Doctors should be banned from providing transgender minors with treatments that help change their physical characteristics to better resemble their gender identity.
- Sample
- 4,410 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents; design-effect adjusted confidence interval +/- 3.3 points. Party CIs: Democrats +/- 2.6, Republicans +/- 3.0, independents +/- 5.7. Ipsos states statistical margins of error are not applicable to online non-probability polls.
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 15 subgroup figures
Base: 2,111 Democrats, 1,627 Republicans, 448 independents. Methodology page cites n=4,408 in the design-effect calculation while the topline tables use 4,410.
Wording notes: agree/disagree format with restrictive polarity - acquiescence bias pushes toward the banidentical wording to the April 2022 fielding, so the 9-point increase in agreement is a real trend and not a wording artifact
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersSportsMar 14–20, 2023 transgender girls in women's sports
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Transgender girls should be allowed to participate in women's sports.
- Sample
- 4,410 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents; design-effect adjusted confidence interval +/- 3.3 points. Party CIs: Democrats +/- 2.6, Republicans +/- 3.0, independents +/- 5.7. Ipsos states statistical margins of error are not applicable to online non-probability polls.
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 15 subgroup figures
Base: 2,111 Democrats, 1,627 Republicans, 448 independents. Methodology page cites n=4,408 in the design-effect calculation while the topline tables use 4,410.
Wording notes: identical wording to the April 2022 fielding - a clean trend pointno level of competition specified
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersSportsMar 14–20, 2023 transgender boys in men's sports
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Transgender boys should be allowed to participate in men's sports.
- Sample
- 4,410 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents; design-effect adjusted confidence interval +/- 3.3 points. Party CIs: Democrats +/- 2.6, Republicans +/- 3.0, independents +/- 5.7. Ipsos states statistical margins of error are not applicable to online non-probability polls.
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 9 subgroup figures
Base: 2,111 Democrats, 1,627 Republicans, 448 independents. Methodology page cites n=4,408 in the design-effect calculation while the topline tables use 4,410.
Wording notes: mirror item to the transgender-girls version
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersDrag & public expressionMar 14–20, 2023 banning under-18s from drag performances
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - I support efforts to ban children under 18 from attending events featuring drag performers
- Sample
- 4,410 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents; design-effect adjusted confidence interval +/- 3.3 points. Party CIs: Democrats +/- 2.6, Republicans +/- 3.0, independents +/- 5.7. Ipsos states statistical margins of error are not applicable to online non-probability polls.
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 9 subgroup figures
Base: 2,111 Democrats, 1,627 Republicans, 448 independents. Methodology page cites n=4,408 in the design-effect calculation while the topline tables use 4,410.
Wording notes: double-embedded: the respondent is asked to agree with a first-person statement of support for a ban, which layers acquiescence bias on top of restrictive polarity'events featuring drag performers' is undifferentiated - it covers a public library story hour and an adult cabaret alikeadded to the TM2062Y21 battery in 2023, tracking the wave of state drag-restriction bills
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersPronouns & languageMar 14–20, 2023 laws requiring school staff to use birth-sex pronouns
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Laws requiring faculty and staff at K-12 schools only use the pronouns of a student's biological sex at birth, not their gender identity
- Sample
- 4,410 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents; design-effect adjusted confidence interval +/- 3.3 points. Party CIs: Democrats +/- 2.6, Republicans +/- 3.0, independents +/- 5.7. Ipsos states statistical margins of error are not applicable to online non-probability polls.
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 12 subgroup figures
Base: 2,111 Democrats, 1,627 Republicans, 448 independents. Methodology page cites n=4,408 in the design-effect calculation while the topline tables use 4,410.
Wording notes: the printed stem says 'agree or disagree' but the response options are support/oppose - an internal inconsistency in the Ipsos instrument itself'biological sex at birth' is contested phrasing, though it is set against 'gender identity' rather than asserted as the only real category
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersPolitical salienceMar 14–20, 2023 vote effect of a candidate supporting under-18 gender transition care
In the election for president in 2024, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following?
In the election for president in 2024, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following? - Supports allowing transgender children under the age of 18 to get medical treatment related to gender identity and gender transitioning
Much less likely
37%
Somewhat less likely
24%
Somewhat more likely
23%
Much more likely
16%
- Sample
- 4,410 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents; design-effect adjusted confidence interval +/- 3.3 points. Party CIs: Democrats +/- 2.6, Republicans +/- 3.0, independents +/- 5.7. Ipsos states statistical margins of error are not applicable to online non-probability polls.
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 12 subgroup figures
Base: 2,111 Democrats, 1,627 Republicans, 448 independents. Methodology page cites n=4,408 in the design-effect calculation while the topline tables use 4,410.
Wording notes: no neutral 'no difference' or 'not sure' option - every respondent is forced into a directional answer, which mechanically inflates apparent saliencemeasures candidate-support effect, not policy opinion
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Much more likely
- Somewhat more likely
- Somewhat less likely
- Much less likely
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersPolitical salienceMar 14–20, 2023 vote effect of a candidate supporting teachers discussing sexual orientation or gender identity
In the election for president in 2024, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following?
In the election for president in 2024, are you more or less likely to support a candidate who does the following? - Supports allowing teachers to discuss sexual orientation or gender identity at school
Much less likely
31%
Somewhat more likely
28%
Somewhat less likely
22%
Much more likely
19%
- Sample
- 4,410 adults · Credibility interval of +/- 1.8 percentage points for all respondents; design-effect adjusted confidence interval +/- 3.3 points. Party CIs: Democrats +/- 2.6, Republicans +/- 3.0, independents +/- 5.7. Ipsos states statistical margins of error are not applicable to online non-probability polls.
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 9 subgroup figures
Base: 2,111 Democrats, 1,627 Republicans, 448 independents. Methodology page cites n=4,408 in the design-effect calculation while the topline tables use 4,410.
Wording notes: no neutral optionbundles sexual orientation with gender identityno grade level specified
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Much more likely
- Somewhat more likely
- Somewhat less likely
- Much less likely
IpsosGeneral acceptanceFeb 17, 2023 – Mar 3, 2023 perceived discrimination faced by transgender people
In your opinion, how much discrimination do transgender people face in our society today?
Base: US sample is approximately 1,000 of the 22,514 adults interviewed across 30 countries; US respondents were aged 18-74 and the US sample is described by Ipsos as representative of the general adult population under 75
Wording notes: report publishes collapsed nets, not the underlying four points
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A great deal/fair amount
- Not sure
- Not much/not at all
IpsosNondiscriminationFeb 17, 2023 – Mar 3, 2023 protection from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations
How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
Transgender people should be protected from discrimination in employment, housing, and access to businesses such as restaurants and stores
Base: US sample is approximately 1,000 of the 22,514 adults interviewed across 30 countries; US respondents were aged 18-74 and the US sample is described by Ipsos as representative of the general adult population under 75
Wording notes: agree/disagree format is subject to acquiescence biasnets only
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly/somewhat agree
- Not sure
- Strongly/somewhat disagree