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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, 2026how 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, 2026transgender 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, 2026transgender 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, 2026hormone 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, 2026gender-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 2026gender-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 2026hormone 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 2026gender-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, 2026executive 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)
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsSportsJan 23–26, 2026ban on biological men competing in women's sports
49.-53. Please tell me if you favor or oppose... [RANDOMIZE]
Banning biological men from competing in women's sports?
Base: Total margin of error printed on the crosstab column header is 3.0, consistent with roughly 1,000 registered voters
Wording notes: uses 'biological men'framed as a bandoes not name transgender people
Response options as the pollster wrote them
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, 2026direction 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, 2025executive 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, 2025executive 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, 2025whether 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, 2025which 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
YouGovfor The EconomistSportsNov 21–24, 2025trans women on women's sports teams
Should transgender women be allowed to play on women's sports teams?
Base: 1,511 registered voters
Wording notes: single-sided yes/no rather than the two-alternative forced choice used in 2021 and April 2023no level of competition specified (not limited to school or elite sport)restrictive answer is the No default, which tends to produce higher restriction than the balanced two-option version
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovfor The EconomistNondiscriminationNov 21–24, 2025whether the U.S. should do more to protect transgender people from discrimination
Do you think the U.S. should do more or less to protect transgender people from discrimination?
Base: 1,511 registered voters
Wording notes: more/less frame with a status-quo middle offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More
- Less
- Doing the right amount right now
- Not sure
YouGovfor The EconomistYouth medical careNov 21–24, 2025banning gender-affirming medical care for minors
Would you support or oppose banning transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming medical care?
Base: 1,511 registered voters
Wording notes: restrictive direction is the support sidepollster prints net Support and net Oppose rowsthe term gender-affirming medical care is left undefined
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Support (net)
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Oppose (net)
- Not sure
YouGovfor The EconomistAdult medical careNov 21–24, 2025banning gender-affirming medical care for adults
Would you support or oppose banning adults from accessing gender-affirming medical care?
Base: 1,511 registered voters
Wording notes: restrictive direction is the support sidepollster prints net Support and net Oppose rowsthe term gender-affirming medical care is left undefined
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Support (net)
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Oppose (net)
- Not sure
NBC News/SurveyMonkeyContact & populationNov 20, 2025 – Dec 8, 2025self-identification as transgender among U.S. adults
What is your current gender?
Base: Total sample size not captured in the extracted portion of the topline
Wording notes: asked after a separate 'sex assigned at birth' item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Male
- Female
- Transgender
- Nonbinary
- Not listed
Pew Research CenterIdentity beliefsNov 17–30, 2025whether gender is determined by sex at birth (revised wording)
Which statement comes closer to your views, even if neither is exactly right?
Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by their sex at birth
67%
Someone can be a man or a woman even if that is different from their sex at birth
31%
No answer
1%
- Sample
- 10,357 adults
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: response options rotated 1-2/2-1WORDING CHANGE: 'their sex at birth' replaced 'the sex they were assigned at birth' starting November 2025no middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by their sex at birth
- Someone can be a man or a woman even if that is different from their sex at birth
- No answer
Pew Research CenterSportsNov 17–30, 2025comfort with transgender athletes on teams not matching their sex at birth
Thinking about things that sometimes happen in society, is each of the following something you are comfortable or uncomfortable with? ... Transgender athletes competing on sports teams that don't match their sex at birth
Wording notes: asked inside a randomized battery alongside unrelated items (openly carrying guns, displaying a Confederate flag, speaking a language other than English in public, women not taking their husbands' last names)measures personal comfort rather than policy supportunipolar comfort scale with no explicit neutral midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Extremely comfortable
- Very comfortable
- Somewhat comfortable
- Not too comfortable
- Not at all comfortable
- No answer
Pew Research CenterPronouns & languageNov 17–30, 2025comfort with someone using they/them pronouns
Thinking about things that sometimes happen in society, is each of the following something you are comfortable or uncomfortable with? ... Someone using the pronouns "they/them" instead of "he" or "she" to describe themselves
Not at all comfortable
29%
Somewhat comfortable
22%
Not too comfortable
22%
Extremely comfortable
13%
Very comfortable
13%
No answer
1%
- Sample
- 10,357 adults
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: SCALE CHANGE: the April 2024 version of this item used a binary comfortable/uncomfortable, so the 2024 and 2025 readings are not directly comparableasked inside a randomized battery with unrelated items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Extremely comfortable
- Very comfortable
- Somewhat comfortable
- Not too comfortable
- Not at all comfortable
- No answer
Pew Research CenterSportsNov 17–30, 2025personal comfort with transgender athletes competing on teams not matching sex at birth
How comfortable would you be with transgender athletes competing on sports teams that do not match their sex at birth?
Wording notes: measures personal comfort, not policy supportuses 'sex at birth' and 'transgender athletes'level of sport not specifieddoes not restrict the item to women's sports - it is symmetric across direction of transition5-point scale with no explicit neutral midpoint label
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Extremely comfortable
- Very comfortable
- Somewhat comfortable
- Not too comfortable
- Not at all comfortable
Echelon InsightsSportsNov 13–17, 2025forced choice between two framings of trans women in women's sports, asked of Democrats only
[If QPartyID = 2. Democrat OR QPartyLeanView = 2. Democrats, ask]
Which of the following statements do you agree with more, even if neither is exactly right? [RANDOMIZE 1-2]
Base: trans-sports item asked only of self-identified Democrats and Democratic leaners (n=484)
Wording notes: asked only of Democrats and Democratic leanersboth alternatives carry an embedded rationale ('unfair biological advantage' vs 'transgender women are women')
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Transgender women should not be allowed to play in women's sports because they have an unfair biological advantage.
- Because transgender women are women, they should be allowed to play in women's sports.
- Unsure
CECooperative Election Study (CES)Youth medical careNov 5, 2025 – Dec 12, 2025
CES variable CC25_343a - criminalising gender-transition care for minors (repeat of the 2023 item, format changed to support/oppose)
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Do you support or oppose the following proposals?
Make it illegal for health care professionals to provide someone younger than 18 with medical care for a gender transition
Base: Off-year CES: a single post-election common-content wave
Wording notes: 'make it illegal' criminalisation frameno middle or don't-know optionFORMAT CHANGE from the 2023 agree/disagree version of the identical row text
Response options as the pollster wrote them
CECooperative Election Study (CES)School policyNov 5, 2025 – Dec 12, 2025
CES variable CC25_343b - prohibiting classroom instruction on sexual orientation and identity
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Do you support or oppose the following proposals?
Prohibit classroom discussion or instruction on sexual orientation and identity in kindergarten to third grade or in older grades in "a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate"
Base: Off-year CES: a single post-election common-content wave
Wording notes: quotes the Florida statute's 'age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate' languagedouble-barreledno middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
CECooperative Election Study (CES)Adult medical careNov 5, 2025 – Dec 12, 2025
CES variable CC25_343c - prohibiting public bodies from interfering with access to gender transition surgery
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Do you support or oppose the following proposals?
Prohibit local municipalities and other public bodies from interfering with a person's ability to obtain a gender transition operation
Base: Off-year CES: a single post-election common-content wave
Wording notes: double negative - supporting means protecting accessno middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them