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SSSSRSfor Human Rights Campaign FoundationSchool policyFeb 20–23, 2026
protection of transgender students from discrimination and harassment in schools
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Transgender students should be protected from discrimination and harassment in schools.
Base: web n=1,002 and telephone n=30; English n=1,005 and Spanish n=27
Wording notes: 'discrimination and harassment' bundles two things that draw different levels of support
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
TRTavern Researchfor Searchlight InstituteContact & populationFeb 18–19, 2026
personally knowing a transgender person
Do you personally know anyone who is transgender?
Base: Q30/Q31 are a split sample (split_q40): n=751 received the 'safety' version and n=771 the 'equal treatment' version.
Wording notes: 'No' listed first
Response options as the pollster wrote them
TRTavern Researchfor Searchlight InstitutePolitical salienceFeb 18–19, 2026
media exposure to transgender issues
How much have you been hearing or reading about issues related to people who are transgender lately?
Base: Q30/Q31 are a split sample (split_q40): n=751 received the 'safety' version and n=771 the 'equal treatment' version.
Wording notes: wording replicates Hart's April 2025 Q4 for Searchlight, enabling a same-client trend
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A great deal
- Fair amount
- Just some
- A little
- Nothing
TRTavern Researchfor Searchlight InstitutePolitical salienceFeb 18–19, 2026
whether Democrats focus too much on transgender issues
When it comes to transgender issues and policies, do you think Democrats are...?
Focusing too much on transgender issues
51%
Focusing about the right amount on transgender issues
35%
Not focusing enough on transgender issues
15%
- Sample
- 1,526 likely voters · ±3.7 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Q30/Q31 are a split sample (split_q40): n=751 received the 'safety' version and n=771 the 'equal treatment' version.
Wording notes: replicates the Hart April 2025 item for the same client
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Focusing too much on transgender issues
- Not focusing enough on transgender issues
- Focusing about the right amount on transgender issues
TRTavern Researchfor Searchlight InstitutePolitical salienceFeb 18–19, 2026
whether Republicans and the Trump administration focus too much on transgender issues
And what about Republicans? When it comes to transgender issues and policies, do you think they are...? And what about the Trump Administration? When it comes to transgender issues and policies, do you think they are ...?
Focusing too much on transgender issues
41%
Focusing too much on transgender issues
40%
Focusing about the right amount on transgender issues
36%
Focusing about the right amount on transgender issues
35%
Not focusing enough on transgender issues
25%
Not focusing enough on transgender issues
24%
- Sample
- 1,526 likely voters · ±3.7 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Q30/Q31 are a split sample (split_q40): n=751 received the 'safety' version and n=771 the 'equal treatment' version.
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Focusing too much on transgender issues
- Not focusing enough on transgender issues
- Focusing about the right amount on transgender issues
TRTavern Researchfor Searchlight InstituteGeneral acceptanceFeb 18–19, 2026
living free from discrimination vs. not being required to tolerate
Which position do you agree with more?
Transgender people should be able to live their lives free from discrimination and bullying
70%
Schools should inform parents if their child questions their gender identity at school
55%
Schools should protect student privacy about gender identity questions
26%
Individuals should not be required to tolerate transgender people or treat them certain ways
18%
Not sure
12%
- Sample
- 1,526 likely voters · ±3.7 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Q30/Q31 are a split sample (split_q40): n=751 received the 'safety' version and n=771 the 'equal treatment' version.
Wording notes: the restrictive alternative is phrased as refusing to 'tolerate' people, an unusually harsh construction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Transgender people should be able to live their lives free from discrimination and bullying
- Individuals should not be required to tolerate transgender people or treat them certain ways
- Not sure
TRTavern Researchfor Searchlight InstituteIdentity beliefsFeb 18–19, 2026
whether protecting or equally treating trans people requires acknowledging gender identity (split sample)
Which position do you agree with more? [Form 'safety', n=751] - Ensuring safety for transgender people means supporting their gender identity - You can protect transgender people without acknowledging their gender identity [Form 'equal_treatment', n=771] - Equal treatment for transgender people means supporting their gender identity - You can treat transgender people equally without acknowledging their gender identity
You can treat transgender people equally without acknowledging their gender identity
55%
You can protect transgender people without acknowledging their gender identity
51%
Equal treatment for transgender people means supporting their gender identity
33%
Ensuring safety for transgender people means supporting their gender identity
32%
Not sure
17%
Not sure
12%
- Sample
- 1,526 likely voters · ±3.7 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Q30/Q31 are a split sample (split_q40): n=751 received the 'safety' version and n=771 the 'equal treatment' version.
Wording notes: split-sample test of whether 'safety' or 'equal treatment' framing changes the result
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- [safety/equal treatment] for transgender people means supporting their gender identity
- You can [protect/treat equally] transgender people without acknowledging their gender identity
- Not sure
TRTavern Researchfor Searchlight InstitutePronouns & languageFeb 18–19, 2026
what counts as bullying of transgender people
In your opinion, which of the following actions towards transgender people would you consider to be bullying?
In your opinion, which of the following actions towards transgender people would you consider to be bullying? - Excluding someone from groups or activities because they are transgender - Refusing to use someone's name, or calling them a name other than the one they've asked you to use - Using someone's birth name, rather than the name they've asked you to use - Not acknowledging someone's gender identity, consistently referring to them as a different gender - Not acknowledging someone's gender identity, refusing to use the pronouns they prefer - Making fun of someone's appearance or clothing - Requiring someone to use the bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex - Preventing someone from using bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity
Making fun of someone's appearance or clothing - yes, bullying
82%
Excluding someone from groups or activities because they are transgender - yes, bullying
57%
Refusing to use someone's name, or calling them a name other than the one they've asked you to use - yes, bullying
57%
Not acknowledging someone's gender identity, consistently referring to them as a different gender - yes, bullying
45%
Not acknowledging someone's gender identity, refusing to use the pronouns they prefer - yes, bullying
38%
Using someone's birth name, rather than the name they've asked you to use - yes, bullying
37%
Preventing someone from using bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity - yes, bullying
31%
Requiring someone to use the bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex - yes, bullying
25%
- Sample
- 1,526 likely voters · ±3.7 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Q30/Q31 are a split sample (split_q40): n=751 received the 'safety' version and n=771 the 'equal treatment' version.
Wording notes: the same underlying bathroom policy is asked twice in opposite framings ('requiring... biological sex' vs. 'preventing... gender identity')
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, this is bullying
- No, this is not bullying
- Not sure
TRTavern Researchfor Searchlight InstituteSportsFeb 18–19, 2026
policies requiring athletes to compete on birth-sex teams
Do you support or oppose 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: Q30/Q31 are a split sample (split_q40): n=751 received the 'safety' version and n=771 the 'equal treatment' version.
Wording notes: uses 'the sex they were assigned at birth' rather than 'biological sex' in this item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
TRTavern Researchfor Searchlight InstituteSportsFeb 18–19, 2026
school and professional sports placement, and federal vs. local authority
Which position do you agree with more? - Transgender youth should play on school sports teams that match their biological sex / Transgender youth should play on school sports teams that match their gender identity - Transgender adults should compete in college and professional sports that match their biological sex / ...that match their gender identity - Federal law should require school sports teams to place transgender youth based on their biological sex / Decisions about transgender youth in school sports teams should be left to states and local school districts - Federal law should require college and professional sports to place transgender athletes on teams based on their biological sex / Decisions about transgender athletes in college and professional sports should be left to the NCAA and professional sports leagues
Transgender youth should play on school sports teams that match their biological sex
59%
Transgender adults should compete in college and professional sports that match their biological sex
58%
Federal law should require college and professional sports to place transgender athletes on teams based on their biological sex
50%
Federal law should require school sports teams to place transgender youth based on their biological sex
48%
Decisions about transgender youth in school sports teams should be left to states and local school districts
31%
Decisions about transgender athletes in college and professional sports should be left to the NCAA and professional sports leagues
31%
- Sample
- 1,526 likely voters · ±3.7 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Q30/Q31 are a split sample (split_q40): n=751 received the 'safety' version and n=771 the 'equal treatment' version.
Wording notes: 'biological sex' used throughout these items, in contrast with the 'assigned at birth' phrasing used in Q40
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Biological sex option
- Gender identity option / local-control option
- Not sure
TRTavern Researchfor Searchlight InstituteBathrooms & facilitiesFeb 18–19, 2026
K-12 bathrooms and locker rooms, including the single-stall alternative
Which position do you agree with more? - K-12 students should use school bathrooms and locker rooms that match their biological sex / K-12 students should use school bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity - K-12 students should use school bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity / K-12 students who are transgender should use a gender neutral or single stall bathroom
K-12 students should use school bathrooms and locker rooms that match their biological sex
59%
K-12 students who are transgender should use a gender neutral or single stall bathroom
57%
- Sample
- 1,526 likely voters · ±3.7 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Q30/Q31 are a split sample (split_q40): n=751 received the 'safety' version and n=771 the 'equal treatment' version.
Wording notes: the second item replaces the birth-sex option with a single-stall option, testing whether an accommodation alternative changes the result
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Biological sex
- Gender identity
- Gender neutral or single stall bathroom
- Not sure
TRTavern Researchfor Searchlight InstituteYouth medical careFeb 18–19, 2026
youth surgeries and puberty blockers, with and without a parental-consent option
Which position do you agree with more? - Gender transition surgeries should not be available to anyone under 18 / Gender transition surgeries should be available to minors only with approval from their parents and doctors - Gender transition surgeries should not be available to anyone under 18 / Gender transition surgeries should be available to minors without requiring approval from their parents - Gender transition care like puberty blockers and hormone treatments should not be available to anyone under 18 / Gender transition like puberty blockers and hormone treatments should be available to minors with approval from their parents and their doctors - Gender transition care like puberty blockers and hormone treatments should not be available to anyone under 18 / Gender transition like puberty blockers and hormone treatments should be available to minors without requiring approval from their parents
Gender transition surgeries should not be available to anyone under 18 (vs. parental+doctor approval)
66%
Puberty blockers and hormone treatments should not be available to anyone under 18 (vs. parental+doctor approval)
61%
Puberty blockers and hormone treatments should be available to minors with approval from their parents and their doctors
25%
Gender transition surgeries should be available to minors only with approval from their parents and doctors
21%
Gender transition surgeries should be available to minors without requiring approval from their parents
8%
- Sample
- 1,526 likely voters · ±3.7 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Q30/Q31 are a split sample (split_q40): n=751 received the 'safety' version and n=771 the 'equal treatment' version.
Wording notes: each policy is asked twice, once against a parental-consent version and once against a no-parental-consent version
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Not available to anyone under 18
- Available with parental and doctor approval / available without parental approval
- Not sure
TRTavern Researchfor Searchlight InstituteAdult medical careFeb 18–19, 2026
adult access to hormone treatment and surgery
Which position do you agree with more? - Adults should be able to access gender transition care like hormone treatments after consulting with a physician / Adults should not be able to access gender transition care like hormone treatments at all - Adults should be able to access gender transition surgeries after consulting with a physician / Adults should not be able to access gender transition surgeries at all
Base: Q30/Q31 are a split sample (split_q40): n=751 received the 'safety' version and n=771 the 'equal treatment' version.
Wording notes: the restrictive option is an absolute prohibition ('at all'), with no intermediate restriction offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be able to access after consulting with a physician
- Should not be able to access at all
- Not sure
TRTavern Researchfor Searchlight InstituteNondiscriminationFeb 18–19, 2026
business and landlord service refusal, and whether federal law should require equal treatment
Which position do you agree with more? - Businesses and landlords should be allowed to refuse service to transgender people / Businesses and landlords should be required to treat transgender people equally - Federal law should require businesses and landlords to treat transgender people equally / Federal law should let businesses and landlords set their own policies regarding serving transgender people
Businesses and landlords should be required to treat transgender people equally
69%
Federal law should require businesses and landlords to treat transgender people equally
59%
Federal law should let businesses and landlords set their own policies regarding serving transgender people
24%
Businesses and landlords should be allowed to refuse service to transgender people
15%
Not sure (federal law version)
17%
- Sample
- 1,526 likely voters · ±3.7 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Q30/Q31 are a split sample (split_q40): n=751 received the 'safety' version and n=771 the 'equal treatment' version.
Wording notes: second version adds the federal-mandate frame to test how much of the support survives it
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Allowed to refuse service / set their own policies
- Required to treat transgender people equally
- Not sure
Siena College Research InstituteParty & candidate handlingFeb 16–27, 2026whether Trump's executive order threatening federal funds over transgender women in women's sports is good or bad for sports
Now, for each of the following items, please indicate whether you believe it is good for sports or bad for sports. [ROTATE Q82 - Q92]
An executive order signed by U.S. President Trump which threatens to withhold federal funds from any educational institutions or athletic associations who allow transgender women to compete in women ́s sporting competitions
Good for sports
47%
Bad for sports
34%
Don't know / Refused
19%
- Sample
- 3,084 adults · credibility interval of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points; the pollster states statistical margins of error are not applicable to online polls
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Q93-Q95 are a random split: roughly half the sample (Group A) was offered a 'Don't know' option and half (Group B) was not, so each arm rests on about 1,540 responses
Wording notes: evaluates a federal policy on a 'good for sports / bad for sports' dimension rather than approve/disapproverotated within an eleven-item battery of unrelated sports-business items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Good for sports
- Bad for sports
- Don't know / Refused
Siena College Research InstitutePolitical salienceFeb 16–27, 2026 how much thought respondents have given to transgender participation in sports (Group A, 'Don't know' offered)
Q93 - Q95 RANDOM SPLIT: Half of the sample (Group A) received "Don't know" as a response option. The other half (Group B) did not receive "Don't know" as a response option.
Turning to another issue in sports... How much thought have you given to the issue of whether transgender people should or should not be allowed to participate in organized sports with others that share their gender identity?
Base: Q93-Q95 are a random split: roughly half the sample (Group A) was offered a 'Don't know' option and half (Group B) was not, so each arm rests on about 1,540 responses
Wording notes: Group A arm of a designed don't-know split
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- Some
- Not very much
- None at all
- Don't know / Refused
Siena College Research InstituteSportsFeb 16–27, 2026 transgender high school students in high school sports (Group A, 'Don't know' offered)
Q93 - Q95 RANDOM SPLIT: Half of the sample (Group A) received "Don't know" as a response option. The other half (Group B) did not receive "Don't know" as a response option.
Thinking about transgender high school students, are you in favor of or opposed to transgender high school students being allowed to participate in organized high school sports with others that share their gender identity?
Base: Q93-Q95 are a random split: roughly half the sample (Group A) was offered a 'Don't know' option and half (Group B) was not, so each arm rests on about 1,540 responses
Wording notes: Group A arm: explicit don't-know offeredasks about inclusion, so 'in favor' is the affirming direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- In favor of
- Opposed to
- Don't know / Refused
Siena College Research InstituteSportsFeb 16–27, 2026 transgender athletes in college and professional sports (Group A, 'Don't know' offered)
Q93 - Q95 RANDOM SPLIT: Half of the sample (Group A) received "Don't know" as a response option. The other half (Group B) did not receive "Don't know" as a response option.
And now considering higher levels of competition including college and professional competition, are you in favor of or opposed to transgender athletes being allowed to compete in elite sports with others that share their gender identity?
Base: Q93-Q95 are a random split: roughly half the sample (Group A) was offered a 'Don't know' option and half (Group B) was not, so each arm rests on about 1,540 responses
Wording notes: Group A arm: explicit don't-know offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- In favor of
- Opposed to
- Don't know / Refused
YouGovfor Saint Louis UniversityYouth medical careFeb 9–22, 2026gender-affirming counseling for people under 18
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transition medical care like...
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transition medical care like...gender affirming counseling?
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,448 Missouri registered voters, matched down to 1,085, yielding a target subsample of 900 likely voters including 450 from each of two treatment groups used for an unrelated split-sample experiment.
Wording notes: battery item under a single 'gender transitional medical care' stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovfor Saint Louis UniversityYouth medical careFeb 9–22, 2026 hormone therapy / puberty blockers for people under 18
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transition medical care like...
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transition medical care like...hormone therapy or medication that can temporarily prevent the effects of puberty?
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,448 Missouri registered voters, matched down to 1,085, yielding a target subsample of 900 likely voters including 450 from each of two treatment groups used for an unrelated split-sample experiment.
Wording notes: describes puberty blockers as 'temporarily' preventing puberty
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovfor Saint Louis UniversityYouth medical careFeb 9–22, 2026 gender-affirming surgery for people under 18
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transition medical care like...
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transition medical care like...gender affirming surgery?
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,448 Missouri registered voters, matched down to 1,085, yielding a target subsample of 900 likely voters including 450 from each of two treatment groups used for an unrelated split-sample experiment.
Response options as the pollster wrote them
CygnalSchool policyFeb 3–4, 2026grade level, if any, at which public schools should begin teaching about gender identity
At what age, if any, do you think public schools should begin teaching children about gender identity as distinct from biological sex?
Wording notes: 'if any' plus an explicit 'should not be taught' option makes exclusion one of the named alternatives rather than a refusalthe phrase 'as distinct from biological sex' embeds a contested premise about the relationship between the two into the stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Kindergarten through 2nd grade
- 3rd through 5th grade
- 6th through 8th grade
- High school only
- Should not be taught in public schools
- Unsure
YouGovfor Saint Louis UniversityYouth medical careFeb 2026 gender-affirming counseling for people under 18
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transitional medical care like...
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transitional medical care like... ...gender affirming counseling
Wording notes: battery item under a single 'gender transitional medical care' stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovfor Saint Louis UniversityYouth medical careFeb 2026 hormone therapy / puberty blockers for people under 18
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transitional medical care like...
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transitional medical care like... ...hormone therapy or medication that can temporarily prevent the effects of puberty
Wording notes: describes puberty blockers as 'temporarily' preventing puberty
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovfor Saint Louis UniversityYouth medical careFeb 2026 gender-affirming surgery for people under 18
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transitional medical care like...
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transitional medical care like... ...gender affirming surgery
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisLegal documents & IDsJan 28–29, 2026executive order declaring two sexes in federal forms and programs
Do you support or oppose each of these policies: Declaring that there are only two genders male and female in all government forms and programs
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 2,000. The file posted at /topline-january-3/ is labelled CROSSTABS in its header but is the topline document.
Wording notes: item is one of a long battery of Trump executive actions rated in a single gridno 'not sure' option'genders' rather than 'sex', though the underlying executive order uses 'sex'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisSportsJan 28–29, 2026 executive order barring trans women from girls' sports
Do you support or oppose each of these policies: Banning men who have undergone operations and hormones to become women from girls' sports
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 2,000. The file posted at /topline-january-3/ is labelled CROSSTABS in its header but is the topline document.
Wording notes: describes trans women as 'men who have undergone operations and hormones to become women'restricted to 'girls' sports'assumes the athletes in question have had operations and hormones, which is not true of most school-age athletesno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NBC News/SurveyMonkeyContact & populationJan 27, 2026 – Feb 6, 2026self-identification as transgender among U.S. adults
What is your current gender?
Wording notes: asked after a separate 'sex assigned at birth' item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Male
- Female
- Transgender
- Nonbinary
- Not listed
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsParty & candidate handlingJan 23–26, 2026which party would do a better job on transgender issues
Full battery stem as printed in the topline: 'Which political party -- the Democrats or the Republicans -- do you think would do a better job on each of the following? [IF EQUAL, ASK: If you had to say one way or the other...] [RANDOMIZE]'
Transgender issues: Which political party -- the Democrats or the Republicans -- do you think would do a better job on...
Base: Total margin of error printed on the crosstab column header is 3.0, consistent with roughly 1,000 registered voters
Wording notes: 'Transgender issues' is left undefined, so respondents supply their own referentthe IF EQUAL probe pushes undecideds into a two-party choice, suppressing the middle category
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Democrats
- Republicans
- (Equal)
- (Don't know)
Marquette Law School PollSportsJan 21–28, 2026Little v. Hecox / West Virginia v. B.P.J. (argued): how should the Court rule on state bans
The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case asking whether state laws that prohibit transgender girls and women from participating on girls' and women's sports teams violate the Constitution's equal protection clause. How do you think the Supreme Court should rule?
Wording notes: asks for a constitutional outcome rather than a policy preferenceoptions are not linguistically parallel
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Rule that these state laws are constitutional
- Rule against these state laws as violations of the equal protection clause
- Web blank
GallupGeneral acceptanceJan 2–17, 2026satisfaction with the acceptance of transgender people in the nation (Mood of the Nation state-of-the-nation battery, asked of a random half sample)
Next, we'd like to know how you feel about the state of the nation in each of the following areas. For each one, please say whether you are -- very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied. If you don't have enough information about a particular subject to rate it, just say so.
Next, we'd like to know how you feel about the state of the nation in each of the following areas. For each one, please say whether you are -- very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied. If you don't have enough information about a particular subject to rate it, just say so. How about -- the acceptance of transgender people in the nation?
Very dissatisfied
42%
Somewhat satisfied
21%
Somewhat dissatisfied
18%
Very satisfied
12%
No opinion
7%
- Sample
- 1,000 adults · +/- 4 percentage points for the full sample of 1,000; Gallup publishes no separate half-sample or follow-up margin of error
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: The transgender-acceptance item was asked of a random half sample; the more/less follow-up was asked only of the dissatisfied portion of that half sample. Gallup publishes neither base.
Wording notes: asked of a random half sample of the January Mood of the Nation samplesatisfaction framing collapses two opposite reasons for dissatisfaction (wanting more acceptance and wanting less) into a single 'dissatisfied' response, which Gallup itself disentangles only with the 2026 follow-upexplicit don't-know escape offered in the stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very satisfied
- Somewhat satisfied
- Somewhat dissatisfied
- Very dissatisfied
- No opinion
GallupGeneral acceptanceJan 2–17, 2026 direction of dissatisfaction -- whether the dissatisfied want more or less acceptance of transgender people (new in 2026); reported combined with the satisfaction item
Asked only of respondents who said they were somewhat or very dissatisfied with the acceptance of transgender people in the nation.
(Asked of those dissatisfied with the acceptance of transgender people) Would you like to see transgender people be more widely accepted in this nation, less widely accepted, or is the acceptance of transgender people in this nation today about right?
Dissatisfied, want transgender people more widely accepted
38%
Dissatisfied, want transgender people less widely accepted
14%
Dissatisfied, but acceptance about right
8%
No opinion
7%
Total satisfied with current acceptance 33%
- Sample
- 1,000 adults · +/- 4 percentage points for the full sample of 1,000; Gallup publishes no separate half-sample or follow-up margin of error
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: The transgender-acceptance item was asked of a random half sample; the more/less follow-up was asked only of the dissatisfied portion of that half sample. Gallup publishes neither base.
Wording notes: conditional follow-up asked only of the dissatisfiedreported by Gallup only as a combined five-category distribution with the parent satisfaction item, not as a standalone basefirst fielded in 2026 -- no prior reading exists'about right' is offered to respondents who had just said they were dissatisfied, an internally odd option Gallup nonetheless records at 8%
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More widely accepted
- Less widely accepted
- About right
- No opinion
NNNapolitan News Service (RMG Research)for Napolitan News Service Gold Circle MembersSchool policyJan 2–7, 2026
whether schools must notify parents when a child says they want to change gender
If a child informs his or her teacher of a desire to change gender, should the school be required to notify that child's parents?
Wording notes: asked directly after a bloc of parental-rights items about curriculum access and opt-outs, which primes the parental-authority frameno mention of the safety rationale for non-disclosure policies
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NNNapolitan News Service (RMG Research)for Napolitan News Service Gold Circle MembersSportsJan 2–7, 2026
whether trans women should be allowed to compete in women's sports
Should biological males who identify as women be allowed to compete in women's sports events?
Wording notes: 'biological males who identify as women' is the restrictive-side term of art and the only descriptor offeredno counter-framing or competing consideration offeredyes/no rather than a scaled item, which suppresses intensity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
NNNapolitan News Service (RMG Research)for Napolitan News Service Gold Circle MembersSportsJan 2–7, 2026
Washington requirement that student athletes' physical exams declare biological sex for girls' sports eligibility
Currently, before being allowed to participate in sports, Washington requires all student athletes to have a physical exam that includes a declaration of the student's biological sex. This exam is used to determine whether a student can participate in girls' sports. Do you favor or oppose this requirement?
Wording notes: describes the requirement as already in place ('Currently... Washington requires'), which invites status-quo endorsementthe exam is presented as routine sports physical paperwork rather than as an eligibility screenasked immediately after the trans athlete permission item, which anchors it
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Somewhat favor
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure
Harvard CAPS/HarrisLegal documents & IDsDec 2–4, 2025 executive order declaring two sexes in federal forms and programs
Do you support or oppose each of these policies: Declaring that there are only two genders male and female in all government forms and programs
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 2,204.
Wording notes: item is one of a long battery of Trump executive actions rated in a single gridno 'not sure' option'genders' rather than 'sex', though the underlying executive order uses 'sex'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Harvard CAPS/HarrisSportsDec 2–4, 2025 executive order barring trans women from girls' sports
Do you support or oppose each of these policies: Banning men who have undergone operations and hormones to become women from girls' sports
Base: Unweighted and weighted base 2,204.
Wording notes: describes trans women as 'men who have undergone operations and hormones to become women'restricted to 'girls' sports'assumes the athletes in question have had operations and hormones, which is not true of most school-age athletesno 'not sure' option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
PRRINondiscriminationDec 2025 – Dec 8, 2025LGBT 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.
Base: Final 2025 wave; pooled fielding ended December 8, 2025.
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
YouGovfor The EconomistGeneral acceptanceNov 21–24, 2025 whether society has gone too far in accepting transgender people
Which of the following statements comes closer to your feelings?
Base: 1,511 registered voters
Wording notes: three-option too far / about right / not far enough frame
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
YouGovfor The EconomistBathrooms & facilitiesNov 21–24, 2025 which public bathroom transgender people should use
Do you think transgender people should use the public bathrooms that correspond with their assigned sex at birth or with their current gender identity?
Base: 1,511 registered voters
Wording notes: wording adds 'public' relative to the 2021 version of this item, otherwise identical
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Assigned sex at birth
- Current gender identity
- Not sure