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Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Political salienceFeb 10–21, 2023
importance of legislature addressing the treatment of transgender students

Below is a list of potential priorities for the legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is for the Texas Legislature to address each of the following during the current legislative session? [RANDOMIZE A-K]

Not important
24%
Extremely important
20%
Very important
18%
Somewhat important
16%
Not very important
12%
Don't know/No opinion
10%
Sample
1,200 registered voters · +/- 2.83% for registered voter sample
Method
online opt-in
Where
US: Texas
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: YouGov interviewed 1,336 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200

Wording notes: battery item among ten K-12 priorities
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Extremely important
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not very important
  • Not important
  • Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Political salienceFeb 10–21, 2023
single top K-12 legislative priority

And which of the following should be the legislature's top priority for the K-12 public education system in Texas? [ONLY PRESENT THOSE RESPONSES FROM Q30A-Q30K SELECTED AS "Extremely important", "Very important", or "Somewhat important"]

School safety
29%
Teacher pay / teacher retention
21%
Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught)
17%
Parental rights
9%
Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation
8%
Public school financing
6%
Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements
5%
Expanding the number of charter schools
3%
The treatment of students who are transgender
1%
Public school library materials
1%
Sample
1,200 registered voters · +/- 2.83% for registered voter sample
Method
online opt-in
Where
US: Texas
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: YouGov interviewed 1,336 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200

Wording notes: conditional follow-up shown only to respondents who rated the item at least somewhat important
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • School safety
  • Teacher pay / teacher retention
  • Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught)
  • Parental rights
  • Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation
  • Public school financing
  • Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements
  • Expanding the number of charter schools
  • Public school library materials
  • The treatment of students who are transgender
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)General acceptanceFeb 10–21, 2023
whether Texas is becoming more or less accepting of transgender people

In your opinion, is Texas becoming more or less accepting of people who are transgender?

Less accepting
40%
More accepting
22%
Don't know/No opinion
38%
Sample
1,200 registered voters · +/- 2.83% for registered voter sample
Method
online opt-in
Where
US: Texas
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: YouGov interviewed 1,336 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200

Wording notes: perception-of-trend item, not a preference item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • More accepting
  • Less accepting
  • Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)General acceptanceFeb 10–21, 2023
whether the perceived change in acceptance is good or bad

[ASK IF Q33A==1|2] And in your opinion, is [more/less] acceptance of people who are transgender good, bad, or don't you have an opinion?

Sample
asked of a subset: Said Texas is becoming LESS accepting (Q33A branch), Said Texas is becoming MORE accepting (Q33A branch)full poll: 1,200 registered voters · +/- 2.83% for registered voter sample
Method
online opt-in
Where
US: Texas
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 4 subgroup figures

Base: YouGov interviewed 1,336 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200

Wording notes: piped wording - direction of the stem depends on the respondent's own Q33A answerresults reported separately within each Q33A branch, so neither column is a full-sample total
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Don't have an opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Contact & populationFeb 10–21, 2023
personally knowing a transgender person

Do you personally know anyone who is transgender?

No
59%
Yes
33%
Don't know/Unsure
8%
Sample
1,200 registered voters · +/- 2.83% for registered voter sample
Method
online opt-in
Where
US: Texas
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: YouGov interviewed 1,336 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200

Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Yes
  • No
  • Don't know/Unsure
GLAADfor GLAADGeneral acceptanceFeb 2023 – Feb 28, 2023
comfort in personal scenarios involving a transgender person

% non-LGBTQ adults that are comfortable...

Having a transgender person at your place of worship / Learning your a family memeber is transgender / Learning your doctor is transgender

Comfortable - Having a gay, lesbian or bisexual person at your place of worship
80%
Comfortable - Having a transgender person at your place of worship
76%
Comfortable - Having a nonbinary person at your place of worship
76%
Comfortable - Learning a family member is gay, lesbian or bisexual
75%
Comfortable - Seeing a same-sex couple holding hands
74%
Comfortable - Learning your doctor is gay, lesbian or bisexual
72%
Comfortable - Learning a family member is nonbinary
68%
Comfortable - Learning a family member is transgender
66%
Comfortable - Learning your doctor is nonbinary
64%
Comfortable - Learning your doctor is transgender
63%
Sample
2,533 adults · not applicable - not a probability sample
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: comfort items are reported on the non-LGBTQ base; subsample size not published

Wording notes: only the comfortable net is publishedparallel gay/lesbian/bisexual and nonbinary versions of each scenario were fielded, which permits a clean within-survey comparison
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Very comfortable
  • Somewhat comfortable
  • Somewhat uncomfortable
  • Very uncomfortable
GLAADfor GLAADGeneral acceptanceFeb 2023 – Feb 28, 2023
familiarity with nonbinary and transgender people

% non-LGBTQ people agree

Nonbinary and transgender people are new and unfamiliar to me

Agree 50%50% Disagree
Sample
2,533 adults · not applicable - not a probability sample
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: comfort items are reported on the non-LGBTQ base; subsample size not published

Wording notes: published as a collapsed agree/disagree pair
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Agree
  • Disagree
YouGovPrisons & sheltersJan 27–30, 2023
non-violent offence, post-surgical trans woman

When considering a transgender woman who has been given a prison sentence for a non-violent, non-sexual crime, in the following instances, where do you think they should be housed?

A transgender woman who has had full gender reassignment surgery

A women's prison
54%
A men's prison
20%
Don't know
26%
Sample
2,094 adults
Method
online opt-in
Where
UK national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 39 subgroup figures

Base: Party breaks are 2019 general election vote (Con weighted n=668, Lab 490, Lib Dem 176). Scotland subsample weighted n=178.

Wording notes: splits the scenario by surgical statussplits the scenario by offence type
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • A men's prison
  • A women's prison
  • Don't know
YouGovPrisons & sheltersJan 27–30, 2023
non-violent offence, pre-surgical trans woman

When considering a transgender woman who has been given a prison sentence for a non-violent, non-sexual crime, in the following instances, where do you think they should be housed?

A transgender woman who has not had full gender reassignment surgery

A men's prison
48%
A women's prison
24%
Don't know
29%
Sample
2,094 adults
Method
online opt-in
Where
UK national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 39 subgroup figures

Base: Party breaks are 2019 general election vote (Con weighted n=668, Lab 490, Lib Dem 176). Scotland subsample weighted n=178.

Wording notes: splits the scenario by surgical statussplits the scenario by offence type
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • A men's prison
  • A women's prison
  • Don't know
Dan Jones & Associatesfor Deseret NewsYouth medical careparaphrasedJan 23–30, 2023
ban on gender-affirming surgery for minors plus moratorium on puberty blockers and hormones

Do you approve or disapprove of legislation that would ban gender-affirming surgeries on transgender minors along with a moratorium on puberty blockers and hormone therapy?

Approve 54%41% Disapprove
Sample
802 registered voters · ±3.46 percentage points
Method
unknown
Where
US: Utah
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: double-barreled: bundles a surgery ban with a blockers/hormones moratorium in a single item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly approve
  • Somewhat approve
  • Somewhat disapprove
  • Strongly disapprove
  • Don't know
YouGovGeneral acceptanceJan 23–26, 2023
whether society has gone too far in accepting transgender people

Which of the following statements comes closer to your feelings?

Gone too far
33%
Not gone far enough
30%
About right
22%
Not sure
16%
Sample
1,000 adult citizens · ±3.4% (adjusted for weighting)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 12 subgroup figures

Base: Q7 asked only of parents of K-12 children; Q21-Q24 are randomized split halves (n about 490-495 each).

Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Our society has gone too far in accepting people who are transgender
  • Our society has been about right when it comes to accepting people who are transgender
  • Our society has not gone far enough in accepting people who are transgender
  • Not sure
YouGovIdentity beliefsJan 23–26, 2023
whether gender incongruence is biological or social in origin

Some people say their gender identity does not match the sex that they were assigned at birth. Do you think this is the result of. . . ?

A mix of both
35%
Social factors
29%
Biological factors
15%
Not sure
21%
Sample
1,000 adult citizens · ±3.4% (adjusted for weighting)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: Q7 asked only of parents of K-12 children; Q21-Q24 are randomized split halves (n about 490-495 each).

Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Biological factors
  • Social factors
  • A mix of both
  • Not sure
YouGovIdentity beliefsJan 23–26, 2023
whether transgender identity is a new phenomenon

Do you think that people feeling as if they are a different gender than the one they were assigned at birth is. . . ?

Something that has occurred in various cultures and time periods
52%
A relatively new phenomenon
29%
Not sure
20%
Sample
1,000 adult citizens · ±3.4% (adjusted for weighting)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: Q7 asked only of parents of K-12 children; Q21-Q24 are randomized split halves (n about 490-495 each).

Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • A relatively new phenomenon
  • Something that has occurred in various cultures and time periods
  • Not sure
YouGovGeneral acceptanceJan 23–26, 2023
perceived level of discrimination against transgender people

How much discrimination do you think there is against people who are transgender in the United States today?

A lot
46%
A little
31%
Not sure
14%
None
10%
Sample
1,000 adult citizens · ±3.4% (adjusted for weighting)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 12 subgroup figures

Base: Q7 asked only of parents of K-12 children; Q21-Q24 are randomized split halves (n about 490-495 each).

Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • A lot
  • A little
  • None
  • Not sure
YouGovParental rightsJan 23–26, 2023
children's privacy rights against their parents

Which comes closer to your view regarding the privacy rights of children?

Children should not have a right to privacy from their parents
43%
Children should have a right to privacy from their parents in some circumstances
41%
Not sure
15%
Sample
1,000 adult citizens · ±3.4% (adjusted for weighting)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: Q7 asked only of parents of K-12 children; Q21-Q24 are randomized split halves (n about 490-495 each).

Wording notes: asked in a transgender-schools survey, so the general privacy item is primed by the surrounding context
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Children should have a right to privacy from their parents in some circumstances
  • Children should not have a right to privacy from their parents
  • Not sure
YouGovParental rightsJan 23–26, 2023
own hypothetical reaction to a transgender child

If you had a child who told you they were transgender, would you be. . . ?

Very supportive
32%
Somewhat supportive
19%
Very unsupportive
17%
Somewhat unsupportive
11%
Not sure
21%
Sample
1,000 adult citizens · ±3.4% (adjusted for weighting)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: Q7 asked only of parents of K-12 children; Q21-Q24 are randomized split halves (n about 490-495 each).

Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Very supportive
  • Somewhat supportive
  • Somewhat unsupportive
  • Very unsupportive
  • Not sure
YouGovSchool policyJan 23–26, 2023
legally requiring teachers to disclose a student's transgender status to parents

In cases where a student comes out to a teacher as transgender, but feels unsafe telling their parents, do you think teachers should be required by law to. . . ?

Tell the student's parents that they are transgender
36%
Not tell the student's parents that they are transgender
35%
Not sure
29%
Sample
1,000 adult citizens · ±3.4% (adjusted for weighting)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 9 subgroup figures

Base: Q7 asked only of parents of K-12 children; Q21-Q24 are randomized split halves (n about 490-495 each).

Wording notes: stem explicitly stipulates the student 'feels unsafe telling their parents'asks about a legal requirement, not about what a teacher should choose to do
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Tell the student's parents that they are transgender
  • Not tell the student's parents that they are transgender
  • Not sure
YouGovSchool policyJan 23–26, 2023
importance of trained school counselors for transgender students

How important do you think it is for public schools to have trained counselors available to provide support for transgender students?

Very important
49%
Somewhat important
21%
Not very important
9%
Not at all important
9%
Not sure
12%
Sample
1,000 adult citizens · ±3.4% (adjusted for weighting)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: Q7 asked only of parents of K-12 children; Q21-Q24 are randomized split halves (n about 490-495 each).

Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Very important
  • Somewhat important
  • Not very important
  • Not at all important
  • Not sure
YouGovPolitical salienceJan 23–26, 2023
whether state lawmakers focus too much on gender identity in schools

Compared to other issues, do you think that lawmakers in your state are focusing too much or too little on issues relating to gender identity in schools?

Focusing too much
31%
Focusing about the right amount
23%
Focusing too little
19%
Not sure
26%
Sample
1,000 adult citizens · ±3.4% (adjusted for weighting)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 12 subgroup figures

Base: Q7 asked only of parents of K-12 children; Q21-Q24 are randomized split halves (n about 490-495 each).

Wording notes: 'too much / too little' is directionally ambiguous
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Focusing too much
  • Focusing about the right amount
  • Focusing too little
  • Not sure
YouGovYouth medical careJan 23–26, 2023
legality of conversion therapy for transgender minors

Do you think it should be legal or illegal for parents to send their children who identify as transgender to "conversion therapy" that attempts to change their gender identity or expression to align with societal norms and expectations of their assigned sex at birth?

Should be illegal
45%
Should be legal
27%
Not sure
28%
Sample
1,000 adult citizens · ±3.4% (adjusted for weighting)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 9 subgroup figures

Base: Q7 asked only of parents of K-12 children; Q21-Q24 are randomized split halves (n about 490-495 each).

Wording notes: defines conversion therapy in the question stemputs 'conversion therapy' in quotation marks
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Should be legal
  • Should be illegal
  • Not sure
YouGovSchool policyJan 23–26, 2023
teacher pronoun use for a elementary-school student who is not out to parents

Asked of a randomly selected half of respondents

A student in elementary school confides in their teacher that they are transgender, and asks to be referred to by pronouns that reflect the gender they identify with. The student tells the teacher that they don't feel safe coming out to their parents, and asks the teacher to refrain from sharing this information with them. Do you think the teacher should. . . ?

Not tell the student's parents that they are transgender
38%
Tell the student's parents that they are transgender
36%
Address the student by their preferred pronouns, even without their parent's permission
31%
Address the student by their preferred pronouns, but only with their parent's permission
24%
Not address the student by their preferred pronouns
23%
Not sure
22%
Sample
1,000 adult citizens · ±3.4% (adjusted for weighting)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: Q7 asked only of parents of K-12 children; Q21-Q24 are randomized split halves (n about 490-495 each).

Wording notes: randomized split-half vignette; the elementary and high-school versions differ only in the school levelvignette stipulates the student does not feel safe coming out to parentsoffers a parental-permission middle option that most pollsters omit
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Address the student by their preferred pronouns, even without their parent's permission
  • Address the student by their preferred pronouns, but only with their parent's permission
  • Not address the student by their preferred pronouns
  • Not sure
YouGovSchool policyJan 23–26, 2023
teacher pronoun use for a high-school student who is not out to parents

Asked of a randomly selected half of respondents

A student in high school confides in their teacher that they are transgender, and asks to be referred to by pronouns that reflect the gender they identify with. The student tells the teacher that they don't feel safe coming out to their parents, and asks the teacher to refrain from sharing this information with them. Do you think the teacher should. . . ?

Address the student by their preferred pronouns, even without their parent's permission
30%
Not address the student by their preferred pronouns
28%
Address the student by their preferred pronouns, but only with their parent's permission
20%
Not sure
23%
Sample
1,000 adult citizens · ±3.4% (adjusted for weighting)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: Q7 asked only of parents of K-12 children; Q21-Q24 are randomized split halves (n about 490-495 each).

Wording notes: randomized split-half vignette; the elementary and high-school versions differ only in the school levelvignette stipulates the student does not feel safe coming out to parentsoffers a parental-permission middle option that most pollsters omit
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Address the student by their preferred pronouns, even without their parent's permission
  • Address the student by their preferred pronouns, but only with their parent's permission
  • Not address the student by their preferred pronouns
  • Not sure
Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyYouth medical careJan 18–23, 2023
state overriding parents' decisions to obtain puberty-regulating care for a transgender teenager

Would you support or oppose a proposed Kentucky law that would allow the state to overrule parents' decisions to obtain certain health care for their transgender teenager, such as certain medications that can regulate the onset of puberty?

Support 21%71% Oppose
Sample
625 registered voters · plus or minus 4 percentage points
Method
probability RDD
Where
US: Kentucky
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 16 subgroup figures

Base: reported as 'over 625 registered voters'; exact n not published in the retrieved coverage

Wording notes: frames the ban as the state overruling parents rather than as protecting minorsspecifies puberty-regulating medication rather than surgeryno strength-of-opinion scale
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • Undecided
College Pulsefor FIREPolitical salienceJan 13, 2023 – Jun 30, 2023
transgender rights named as a topic that is difficult to discuss openly on campus

Some students say it can be difficult to have conversations about certain issues on campus. Which of the following issues, if any, would you say are difficult to have an open and honest conversation about on your campus? (select all that apply)

Transgender rights is difficult to discuss openly on my campus
42%
Sample
55,102 undergraduates enrolled in four-year degree programs
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national (254 colleges and universities)
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 2 subgroup figures

Base: students at 254 colleges and universities

Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Abortion
  • Gun control
  • Racial inequality
  • Transgender rights
  • other issues (select all that apply)
GallupContact & populationJan 2023 – Dec 31, 2023
self-identification as transgender

Which of the following do you consider yourself to be? You can select as many as apply: Straight or heterosexual; Lesbian; Gay; Bisexual; Transgender.

Nonbinary
1%
Transgender
0.9%
Sample
12,145 adults · ±1 percentage point
Method
probability RDD
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 3 subgroup figures
Wording notes: mixes sexual orientation and gender identity in one select-all listasked as a demographic item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Straight or heterosexual
  • Lesbian
  • Gay
  • Bisexual
  • Transgender
  • Something else
  • No opinion / refused
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.

Ban it
69%
Allow it
31%
Sample
1,851 registered voters · not disclosed
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: Unweighted and weighted base 1,851.

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
  • Allow it
  • Ban it
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.

Allow it
54%
Ban it
46%
Sample
1,851 registered voters · not disclosed
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: Unweighted and weighted base 1,851.

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
  • Allow it
  • Ban it
YouGovfor The EconomistGeneral acceptanceDec 3–6, 2022
perceived level of discrimination faced by transgender people

Battery stem asked about multiple groups; item D is 'Transgender people'

How much discrimination do the following people face in America today?

A great deal
40%
A moderate amount
30%
Not much
19%
None at all
11%
Sample
1,500 adult citizens · ±3.3% (adjusted for weighting)
Method
online opt-in
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 12 subgroup figures

Base: 1,332 registered voters

Wording notes: battery itemscale label changed from 'A fair amount' (2021, April 2022) to 'A moderate amount'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • A great deal
  • A moderate amount
  • Not much
  • None at all
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagDec 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
LGBT nondiscrimination protections in jobs, public accommodations and housing (item explicitly names transgender people)

Q12. Do you favor or oppose each of the following?

Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing.

Favor 54%11% Oppose
Favor 26%
Sample
adults
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: Monthly AVA wave; PRRI publishes only pooled annual n and MOE.

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
Marquette Law School PollNondiscriminationNov 15–22, 2022
Bostock v. Clayton County - workplace protections for gay and transgender workers

In 2020 the Supreme Court ruled that a federal civil rights law protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination. How much do you favor or oppose this decision?

Favor 83%17% Oppose
Sample
1,004 adults · ±3.7 percentage points
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: bundles sexual orientation and gender identity into one itemdescribes an existing Court holding rather than an abstract policy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
Marquette Law School PollSportsNov 15–22, 2022
congressional agenda item: ban transgender athletes from sports competition

[Ban transgender athletes from sports competition] Here are things some people wish Congress would do next year. Regardless of whether you think Congress will actually do these things, which would favor and which would you oppose?

Favor 51%48% Oppose
Sample
1,004 adults · ±3.7 percentage points
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: blanket ban with no age, level or sex qualifierno middle optionembedded in a list of congressional agenda items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Favor
  • Oppose
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for KFF and The Washington PostYouth medical careNov 10, 2022 – Dec 2022
AGES 10-14; gender-affirming COUNSELING OR THERAPY; ACCESS framing; 'under medical supervision' clause

Do you (support) or (oppose) trans children between the ages of 10 and 14 having access to gender-affirming counseling or therapy under medical supervision?

Support 62%37% Oppose
Sample
1,338 adults (with an oversample of transgender adults) · +/- 4 percentage points for total adults; +/- 7 percentage points for trans adults (design effect included)
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 2 subgroup figures

Base: n=1,338 total adults (823 cisgender + 515 trans adults); the trans adults are reported separately as well as folded into the total-adult figures. MOSE +/-4 for total adults and cisgender adults, +/-7 for trans adults.

Wording notes: ACCESS framing (support = permit)explicit narrow age band 10-14'under medical supervision' clause supplies a clinical safeguardcalls the population 'trans children'support/oppose terms rotated in the stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • No answer
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for KFF and The Washington PostYouth medical careNov 10, 2022 – Dec 2022
AGES 10-14; PUBERTY-BLOCKING MEDICATION; ACCESS framing; 'under medical supervision' clause

Do you (support) or (oppose) trans children between the ages of 10 and 14 having access to puberty-blocking medication under medical supervision?

Support 31%68% Oppose
Sample
1,338 adults (with an oversample of transgender adults) · +/- 4 percentage points for total adults; +/- 7 percentage points for trans adults (design effect included)
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 2 subgroup figures

Base: n=1,338 total adults (823 cisgender + 515 trans adults); the trans adults are reported separately as well as folded into the total-adult figures. MOSE +/-4 for total adults and cisgender adults, +/-7 for trans adults.

Wording notes: ACCESS framing (support = permit)explicit narrow age band 10-14'under medical supervision' clausenames puberty-blocking medication specifically
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • No answer
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for KFF and The Washington PostYouth medical careNov 10, 2022 – Dec 2022
AGES 15-17; gender-affirming COUNSELING OR THERAPY; ACCESS framing; 'under medical supervision' clause

Do you (support) or (oppose) trans teenagers, between the ages of 15 and 17, having access to gender-affirming counseling or therapy under medical supervision?

Support 66%33% Oppose
Sample
1,338 adults (with an oversample of transgender adults) · +/- 4 percentage points for total adults; +/- 7 percentage points for trans adults (design effect included)
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 2 subgroup figures

Base: n=1,338 total adults (823 cisgender + 515 trans adults); the trans adults are reported separately as well as folded into the total-adult figures. MOSE +/-4 for total adults and cisgender adults, +/-7 for trans adults.

Wording notes: ACCESS framing (support = permit)explicit age band 15-17'under medical supervision' clausecalls the population 'trans teenagers' rather than 'children'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • No answer
NORC (AmeriSpeak)for KFF and The Washington PostYouth medical careNov 10, 2022 – Dec 2022
AGES 15-17; HORMONAL TREATMENTS; ACCESS framing; 'under medical supervision' clause

Do you (support) or (oppose) trans teenagers, between the ages of 15 and 17, having access to hormonal treatments under medical supervision?

Support 42%58% Oppose
Sample
1,338 adults (with an oversample of transgender adults) · +/- 4 percentage points for total adults; +/- 7 percentage points for trans adults (design effect included)
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 2 subgroup figures

Base: n=1,338 total adults (823 cisgender + 515 trans adults); the trans adults are reported separately as well as folded into the total-adult figures. MOSE +/-4 for total adults and cisgender adults, +/-7 for trans adults.

Wording notes: ACCESS framing (support = permit)explicit age band 15-17'under medical supervision' clausenames hormonal treatments specificallyno surgery item was asked for minors
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • No answer
Vanderbilt PollSportsNov 8–28, 2022
requiring middle- and high-school students to play on the team matching their sex at birth

Do you (support) or (oppose) requiring students to play on the team that matches their gender at the time of birth if they want to play in middle and high school sports? [OPTIONS IN PARENTHESES WERE ROTATED] [THEN PROBE: Do you (support/oppose) strongly or somewhat?]

Strongly support
59%
Strongly oppose
14%
Somewhat support
13%
Somewhat oppose
10%
(VOL.) DK
4%
(VOL.) REF
1%
Sample
1,180 registered voters · +/- 3.4 percentage points
Method
probability RDD
Where
US: Tennessee
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.

Wording notes: does not use the word 'transgender'; the target group is identified only as students whose current team would not match 'their gender at the time of birth''gender at the time of birth' rather than 'sex assigned at birth'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly support
  • Somewhat support
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • (VOL.) DK
  • (VOL.) REF
Vanderbilt PollAdult medical careNov 8–28, 2022
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? [OPTIONS IN PARENTHESES WERE ROTATED] [THEN PROBE: Do you (support/oppose) strongly or somewhat?]

Strongly oppose
49%
Somewhat oppose
18%
Strongly support
14%
Somewhat support
11%
(VOL.) DK
5%
(VOL.) REF
2%
Sample
1,180 registered voters · +/- 3.4 percentage points
Method
probability RDD
Where
US: Tennessee
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

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
Greenberg Quinlan Rosnerfor Human Rights CampaignPolitical salienceparaphrasedNov 5–9, 2022
issues that motivated 2022 midterm vote choice, including transgender youth care and trans sports

we asked voters which specific issues motivated them to vote this year

Inflation
52%
Abortion
29%
Sample
1,000 2022 voters · +/- 3.10 points
Method
unknown
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: the project included oversamples in AZ, GA, MI, PA, NV and WI; the memo does not report their sizes or whether the oversamples are included in the 1,000

Wording notes: wording not publishedtransgender items reported only as a ceiling ('less than 5 percent')sponsor is an advocacy organization with a stake in the finding
Greenberg Quinlan Rosnerfor Human Rights CampaignPolitical salienceparaphrasedNov 5–9, 2022
U.S. House vote among modelled Equality Voters and self-identified LGBTQ+ voters

U.S. House vote among Equality Voters and among self-identified LGBTQ+ voters (wording not published)

Sample
asked of a subset: Equality Voters (HRC model), Self-identified LGBTQ+ votersfull poll: 1,000 2022 voters · +/- 3.10 points
Method
unknown
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 4 subgroup figures

Base: the project included oversamples in AZ, GA, MI, PA, NV and WI; the memo does not report their sizes or whether the oversamples are included in the 1,000

Wording notes: 'Equality Voters' is a modelled construct defined by HRC, not a self-reported identitywording not published
Trafalgar Groupfor Convention of States ActionPolitical salienceOct 25–30, 2022
vote likelihood for a candidate supporting gender-affirming care for minors

Are you more or less likely to vote for a candidate in the 2022 midterms elections who supports allowing underage minors to use puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and undergo sex-change surgeries?

Not likely at all
63.3%
Very likely
14.1%
Somewhat more likely
13.3%
Somewhat less likely
9.4%
Not Likely (net) 72.7%Likely (net) 27.4%
Sample
1,080 likely voters · ±2.9%
Method
unknown
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 18 subgroup figures
Wording notes: stacks three interventions of very different profiles - puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries - into one clause'sex-change surgeries' rather than any clinical term'allowing underage minors' omits parents and physicians entirely, implying the candidate would let children decide aloneno neutral or 'no difference' option, so respondents with no view must pick a directionasked in the closing days of a midterm campaign by a group actively campaigning on the issue
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Very likely
  • Somewhat more likely
  • Somewhat less likely
  • Not likely at all

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