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Ipsosfor AxiosParental rightsMay 12–15, 2023whether 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
Marquette Law School PollSportsMay 8–18, 2023requiring trans athletes to compete on teams matching sex assigned at birth
Do you favor or oppose each of the following policies?
Require that transgender athletes compete on teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with
Wording notes: uses 'sex they were assigned at birth'uses 'transgender athletes' (not 'biological males')no middle option offeredlevel of sport not specifiedpolicy framed as a requirement/restriction, favor = restrictive
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SurveyUSAfor All SurveyUSA clients in MinnesotaYouth medical careMay 4–8, 2023Minnesota's 2023 'trans refuge' law protecting access to gender-affirming health care, including for minors
Asked as part of a battery of items on bills signed or debated in the 2023 Minnesota legislative session (background checks, red flag, cannabis, paid family leave, conversion therapy ban, tax items).
Governor Walz signed into law a bill protecting access to "gender-affirming" health care in Minnesota, including for minor children. Do you approve or disapprove of this bill?
Base: 800 Minnesota adults interviewed; 681 identified as registered to vote and were asked the substantive questions. The gender-affirming care item is based on those 681 registered voters, credibility interval +/-4.2 points.
Wording notes: places 'gender-affirming' in scare quotesattributes the bill to Governor Walz by nameexplicitly flags 'including for minor children'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly Approve
- Somewhat Approve
- Somewhat Disapprove
- Strongly Disapprove
- Not Sure
CBS News/YouGovGeneral acceptanceMay 2–4, 2023whether efforts to promote transgender rights are going too far
In the U.S. today, do you think efforts to promote the rights of transgender people are...
Wording notes: three-way with an explicit middle optionasked in parallel with an identically structured item about efforts to promote racial diversity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Going too far
- Not going far enough
- Are going about right so far
GallupSportsparaphrasedMay 2023 – May 24, 2023trans athletes - birth gender vs current gender identity teams
Next, we have a question about policies for competitive sports that have separate teams for male and female athletes.
Next, we have a question about policies for competitive sports that have separate teams for male and female athletes. Do you think transgender athletes -- [ROTATED: should be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity (or) should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender]?
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'no middle option offereddoes not distinguish level of sport
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity
- Should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender
- No opinion
GallupGeneral acceptanceMay 2023 – May 24, 2023 moral acceptability of changing one's gender
Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong.
Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong. -- Changing one's gender
Wording notes: frames gender transition as a moral questionembedded in a battery with adultery, cloning, polygamy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Morally acceptable
- Morally wrong
- Depends on situation (vol.)
- Not a moral issue (vol.)
- No opinion
GallupContact & populationMay 2023 – May 24, 2023 whether the respondent personally knows someone who has told them they are transgender
Do you have any friends or relatives or coworkers who have told you, personally, that they are transgender?
Wording notes: requires disclosure to the respondent rather than mere acquaintance -- a stricter threshold than most 'do you know a transgender person' items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
GallupSportsparaphrasedMay 2023 – May 24, 2023 trans athletes: birth gender teams vs. current gender identity teams (level of sport unspecified)
Do you think transgender athletes should be able to play only on sports teams that match their birth gender, or should they be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity?
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'uses 'transgender athletes' (not 'biological males')no middle option offeredlevel of sport not specified (not youth/collegiate/pro)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Only sports teams that match their birth gender
- Sports teams that match their current gender identity
- No opinion
Rasmussen ReportsIdentity beliefsparaphrasedMay 2023 – May 31, 2023agreement that there are two genders, male and female
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
There are two genders, male and female.
Wording notes: agree/disagree construction, subject to acquiescence biasoffers only the restrictive proposition, with no competing alternative stated
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Not sure
Winthrop PollSportsMay 2023requiring athletes to compete on teams matching sex assigned at birth
Would you favor or oppose laws or policies that require that transgender athletes compete on teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with?
Base: 1,051 unweighted South Carolina adults
Wording notes: both alternatives named in the stemno explicit neutral midpoint in the reported collapse
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Favor
- Oppose
- Not sure
- Prefer not to answer
RWRedfield & Wilton Strategiesfor NewsweekContact & populationparaphrasedApr 30, 2023
public estimate of the share of the population that is transgender
What percentage of the population do you think identifies with a different gender to the one they were born with?
Between 1% and 3%
22%
More than 5%
21%
Between 3% and 5%
18%
Fewer than 1% (the approximately correct answer)
16%
Don't know
23%
1% or more (NET) 61%
- Sample
- 1,500 eligible voters · not disclosed
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 1,500 eligible voters in the U.S.
Wording notes: innumeracy item - measures misperception rather than attitude
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Fewer than 1%
- Between 1% and 3%
- Between 3% and 5%
- More than 5%
- Don't know
RWRedfield & Wilton Strategiesfor NewsweekBooks & mediaparaphrasedApr 30, 2023
whether trans issues receive too much media attention
[stem not published] whether transgender issues receive too much, too little or about the right amount of media attention
Base: 1,500 eligible voters in the U.S.
Wording notes: only two of the response shares were published, so the middle and don't-know shares are unknown
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Too much attention
- Not enough attention
RWRedfield & Wilton Strategiesfor NewsweekBooks & mediaApr 30, 2023
agreement with the statement that almost nobody is talking about trans issues
Almost nobody is talking about trans issues.
Base: 1,500 eligible voters in the U.S.
Wording notes: agree/disagree item, which is subject to acquiescence biasnegatively worded statement
Response options as the pollster wrote them
RWRedfield & Wilton Strategiesfor NewsweekContact & populationparaphrasedApr 30, 2023
personally knowing a transgender person
[stem not published] whether the respondent personally knows someone who identifies as transgender
Base: 1,500 eligible voters in the U.S.
Wording notes: the 8 percent yes rate is far below contemporaneous estimates from other pollsters, which is itself a finding worth checking against the pollster's own table
Response options as the pollster wrote them
RWRedfield & Wilton Strategiesfor NewsweekGeneral acceptanceparaphrasedApr 30, 2023
self-described support for transgender rights
[stem not published] whether the respondent would describe themselves as a supporter of transgender rights
Base: 1,500 eligible voters in the U.S.
Wording notes: identity/self-label item rather than a policy item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, a supporter of transgender rights
- No
- Don't know
CBS News/YouGovSportsparaphrasedApr 27–29, 2023 which team transgender student athletes should play on
Transgender student athletes should play on a team that matches... their birth sex / the gender they consider themselves
Base: Included an oversample of self-identified Republicans
Wording notes: two-way forced choice with no middle option shown - results sum to 100
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Their birth sex
- The gender they consider themselves
DHM ResearchIdentity beliefsApr 25–30, 2023whether gender is determined by sex assigned at birth
GENDER
Which statement comes closer to your views, even if neither is exactly right?
Someone can be a man or a woman even if that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth
46%
Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth
45%
Don't know
8%
- Sample
- 500 registered voters · +/- 4.4%
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US: Oregon
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 15 subgroup figures
Base: Q60 and Q61 are a split-sample pair, each asked of roughly half the sample (about 250 respondents per split, so the effective margin of error on those two items is roughly +/- 6 points)
Wording notes: explicitly wraps the forced choice in 'even if neither is exactly right'wording deliberately replicates a 2022 Pew Research Center item so Oregon can be compared to the nation
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
- Don't know
DHM ResearchGeneral acceptanceApr 25–30, 2023 whether society has gone too far or not far enough in accepting transgender people
Which of the following statements comes closest to your view?
Our society has gone too far in accepting people who are transgender
38%
Our society has not gone far enough in accepting people who are transgender
35%
Our society has been about right when it comes to accepting people who are transgender
18%
Don't know
8%
- Sample
- 500 registered voters · +/- 4.4%
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US: Oregon
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 20 subgroup figures
Base: Q60 and Q61 are a split-sample pair, each asked of roughly half the sample (about 250 respondents per split, so the effective margin of error on those two items is roughly +/- 6 points)
Wording notes: 'about right' is offered as an explicit third option rather than volunteeredwording replicates a 2022 Pew Research Center item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Our society has gone too far in accepting people who are transgender
- Our society has not gone far enough in accepting people who are transgender
- Our society has been about right when it comes to accepting people who are transgender
- Don't know
DHM ResearchNondiscriminationApr 25–30, 2023 state protection of transgender people from discrimination in jobs, housing and public accommodations
Here are some current laws and policies that are either in place or being considered in Oregon related to transgender issues. Would you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? (Randomize)
Protect transgender individuals from discrimination in jobs, housing, and public spaces such as restaurants and stores
Base: Q60 and Q61 are a split-sample pair, each asked of roughly half the sample (about 250 respondents per split, so the effective margin of error on those two items is roughly +/- 6 points)
Wording notes: the only affirming-direction item in the battery; the other seven are phrased as restrictions
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know
DHM ResearchBathrooms & facilitiesApr 25–30, 2023 requiring transgender people to use public bathrooms matching sex assigned at birth
Here are some current laws and policies that are either in place or being considered in Oregon related to transgender issues. Would you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? (Randomize)
Require transgender individuals to use public bathrooms that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with
Base: Q60 and Q61 are a split-sample pair, each asked of roughly half the sample (about 250 respondents per split, so the effective margin of error on those two items is roughly +/- 6 points)
Wording notes: states both halves of the contrast ('not the gender they identify with')support is the restrictive direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know
DHM ResearchSchool policyApr 25–30, 2023 banning instruction about gender identity in public elementary schools
Here are some current laws and policies that are either in place or being considered in Oregon related to transgender issues. Would you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? (Randomize)
Make it illegal for public school districts to teach about gender identity in elementary schools
Base: Q60 and Q61 are a split-sample pair, each asked of roughly half the sample (about 250 respondents per split, so the effective margin of error on those two items is roughly +/- 6 points)
Wording notes: 'make it illegal' is a strong verb for a curriculum restrictionsupport is the restrictive direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know
DHM ResearchSportsApr 25–30, 2023 requiring transgender athletes to compete on teams matching sex assigned at birth
Here are some current laws and policies that are either in place or being considered in Oregon related to transgender issues. Would you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? (Randomize)
Require that transgender athletes compete on teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with
Base: Q60 and Q61 are a split-sample pair, each asked of roughly half the sample (about 250 respondents per split, so the effective margin of error on those two items is roughly +/- 6 points)
Wording notes: states both halves of the contrastno age or competition level specifiedsupport is the restrictive direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know
DHM ResearchAdult medical careApr 25–30, 2023 requiring private health insurers to cover gender transition care (Split A of a split-sample pair)
Here are some current laws and policies that are either in place or being considered in Oregon related to transgender issues. Would you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? (Randomize)
Require health insurance companies to cover medical care for gender transitions
Base: Q60 and Q61 are a split-sample pair, each asked of roughly half the sample (about 250 respondents per split, so the effective margin of error on those two items is roughly +/- 6 points)
Wording notes: Split A of a split-sample experiment paired with Q61, which substitutes the Oregon Health Plan for private insurers
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know
DHM ResearchAdult medical careApr 25–30, 2023 requiring the Oregon Health Plan (state Medicaid) to cover gender transition care (Split B of a split-sample pair)
Here are some current laws and policies that are either in place or being considered in Oregon related to transgender issues. Would you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? (Randomize)
Require the Oregon Health Plan cover medical care for gender transitions
Base: Q60 and Q61 are a split-sample pair, each asked of roughly half the sample (about 250 respondents per split, so the effective margin of error on those two items is roughly +/- 6 points)
Wording notes: Split B of a split-sample experiment paired with Q60; substituting the state Medicaid program for private insurers moves the total only 2 points but collapses Republican support from 16% to 9%
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know
DHM ResearchYouth medical careApr 25–30, 2023 criminalizing provision of gender transition care to people under 18
Here are some current laws and policies that are either in place or being considered in Oregon related to transgender issues. Would you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? (Randomize)
Make it illegal for health care professionals to provide someone younger than 18 with medical care for a gender transition
Base: Q60 and Q61 are a split-sample pair, each asked of roughly half the sample (about 250 respondents per split, so the effective margin of error on those two items is roughly +/- 6 points)
Wording notes: targets the provider rather than the parent or minorsupport is the restrictive directiondoes not distinguish puberty blockers, hormones or surgery
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know
DHM ResearchParental rightsApr 25–30, 2023 investigating parents for child abuse if they help a minor obtain gender transition care
Here are some current laws and policies that are either in place or being considered in Oregon related to transgender issues. Would you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? (Randomize)
Investigate parents for child abuse if they help someone younger than 18 get medical care for a gender transition
Base: Q60 and Q61 are a split-sample pair, each asked of roughly half the sample (about 250 respondents per split, so the effective margin of error on those two items is roughly +/- 6 points)
Wording notes: escalates the same underlying policy from a provider ban to a child-welfare investigation of parentssupport is the restrictive direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know
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
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsPolitical saliencedata flagApr 21–24, 2023transgender issues named unprompted as the most important problem facing the country
What do you think is the most important issue facing the country today? [DO NOT READ LIST. RECORD VERBATIM. ACCEPT ONLY ONE ANSWER]
Base: Landline (138) and cellphone (866) interviews
Wording notes: Fox's coding scheme collapses 'Wokeness' and 'Transgender issues' into a single response category, so the trans-specific share cannot be isolated
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Open-ended; coded into categories including 'Wokeness / Transgender issues'
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsSchool policydata flagApr 21–24, 2023 whether 'overly accommodating transgender policies' in public schools is a problem
Changing topics ...
Thinking about public schools, how much of a problem is each of the following -- a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem? [RANDOMIZE] ... Overly accommodating transgender policies
Base: Landline (138) and cellphone (866) interviews
Wording notes: presupposes that transgender school policies could be 'overly accommodating'no counterpart item asking whether schools are insufficiently accommodatingitem embedded in a battery of school 'problems'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Major problem
- Minor problem
- Not a problem
- (Don't know)
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsPolitical saliencedata flagApr 21–24, 2023 families with transgender children being targets of political attacks
And in general, how much of a problem is each of the following -- a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem? [RANDOMIZE] ... Families with transgender children being targets of political attacks
Base: Landline (138) and cellphone (866) interviews
Wording notes: characterizes the political environment as 'attacks', which is a contested characterizationpaired in the same randomized block with an item framed from the opposing direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Major problem
- Minor problem
- Not a problem
- (Don't know)
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsSportsdata flagApr 21–24, 2023 transgender women and girls competing in women's sports
And in general, how much of a problem is each of the following -- a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem? [RANDOMIZE] ... Female transgender athletes competing in women's sports
Base: Landline (138) and cellphone (866) interviews
Wording notes: frames trans athletes' participation as a candidate 'problem' rather than asking should/should notno level specified (youth, high school, college, professional)paired in the same randomized block with an item framed from the opposing direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Major problem
- Minor problem
- Not a problem
- (Don't know)
Vanderbilt PollPolitical salienceApr 19–23, 2023approval of the Tennessee legislature's handling of laws affecting the LGBTQ community, asked in the session that passed the drag and youth-care bans
How much do you (approve) or (disapprove) of the way the state legislature handles laws that affect the LGBTQ community in Tennessee? Do you: [OPTIONS READ IN ORDER FOR HALF / IN REVERSE ORDER FOR HALF]
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: names the 'LGBTQ community' rather than transgender people specifically, although the 2023 Tennessee session's LGBTQ bills were the drag restriction and the youth gender-affirming-care ban16% volunteered don't know, unusually high for this poll
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly approve
- Somewhat approve
- Somewhat disapprove
- Strongly disapprove
- (VOL.) DK
- (VOL.) REF
Vanderbilt PollDrag & public expressionApr 19–23, 2023 banning 'adult cabaret entertainment' and drag shows on public property or where a minor could see them - Tennessee's 2023 Adult Entertainment Act
Do you think "adult cabaret entertainment" and drag-shows should be banned on public properties or in locations where it could be viewed by a minor?
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: adopts the statute's own euphemism, 'adult cabaret entertainment', and equates it with drag shows in the same breathbundles the 'public property' restriction and the 'could be viewed by a minor' restriction into one yes/noyes/no with no intensity probe and no explicit 'should not be banned' alternative read out
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Vanderbilt PollAdult medical careApr 19–23, 2023 legislation restricting transgender Americans' access to health care (asked without an age limit)
Overall, do you (support) or (oppose) legislation that would place restrictions on transgender Americans' access to health care? [THEN PROBE: Do you (support/oppose) strongly or somewhat?] [OPTIONS IN PARENTHESES WERE ROTATED]
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: says 'transgender Americans' with no age qualifier, so it covers adults and minors together'restrictions on ... access to health care' does not say what would be restricted
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- (VOL.) DK
- (VOL.) REF
Vanderbilt PollAdult medical careparaphrasedApr 19–23, 2023 support or opposition to restricting transgender people's access to health care
[paraphrase] whether the respondent supports or opposes legislation that would restrict transgender individuals' access to health care
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: as reported the item does not distinguish adults from minors, which materially changes results in other polls
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Oppose restricting access
- Support restricting access
Vanderbilt PollDrag & public expressionparaphrasedApr 19–23, 2023 support for banning adult cabaret entertainment in public spaces
[paraphrase] whether the respondent supports bans on "adult cabaret entertainment" in public spaces
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: uses the statute's euphemism 'adult cabaret entertainment' rather than naming drag performancethe Tennessee law it tracks was widely understood as a drag ban
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisGeneral acceptanceApr 18–19, 2023corporate 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