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GallupNondiscriminationMay 3–7, 2017whether new civil rights laws are needed for LGBT people
Do you think new civil rights laws are needed to reduce discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people, or not?
Wording notes: names transgender people explicitly but inside a combined LGBT item'new' laws framing can depress support by implying existing protections already exist
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, needed
- No, not needed
- No opinion
Elon University PollPolitical salienceApr 18–21, 2017perceived effect of HB2 on North Carolina's national reputation, after HB142
Regardless of what you think about House Bill 2 itself, do you think the national reputation of North Carolina is [better], [worse], or about the same since it made national headlines?
Wording notes: explicitly instructs respondents to set aside their own view of the lawrotated better/worse order
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Better
- Worse
- About the same
- Don't know (volunteered)
- Refused (volunteered)
Elon University PollBathrooms & facilitiesApr 18–21, 2017 post-repeal perception of HB2's effect on North Carolina's national reputation
The national reputation of North Carolina is [worse/about the same/better] since it began making headlines for its passage last year of House Bill 2, the so-called 'bathroom bill' that has since been repealed.
Base: 506 North Carolina registered voters classified as likely voters
Wording notes: uses the media shorthand 'bathroom bill' in scare quotesstates as fact that the law 'has since been repealed' - HB142 was a partial repeal that retained state preemptionasks about reputation rather than the policy itself
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Worse
- About the same
- Better
QUQuinnipiac UniversityGeneral acceptanceMar 2–6, 2017
how accepting the U.S. is of transgender people
How accepting do you think the U.S. is of transgender people today; very accepting, somewhat accepting, not so accepting, or not accepting at all?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very accepting
- Somewhat accepting
- Not so accepting
- Not accepting at all
- DK/NA
QUQuinnipiac UniversityGeneral acceptanceMar 2–6, 2017
would more acceptance be good or bad for the country
Do you think more acceptance of transgender people would be a good thing for the country, a bad thing for the country, or do you think that it would not make much difference either way?
Wording notes: explicit 'not much difference' option absorbs a plurality
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Good thing
- Bad thing
- Not much difference
- DK/NA
QUQuinnipiac UniversitySchool policyMar 2–6, 2017
whether public schools should allow trans students to use bathrooms/locker rooms matching gender identity
Do you think public schools should allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that are consistent with the gender they identify with or don't you think so?
Wording notes: 'should allow' wording, in contrast with the 'should be required to allow' wording Quinnipiac used in June 2016 - a 12-point difference in the topline
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes/Should
- No/Should not
- DK/NA
Rasmussen ReportsSchool policyFeb 22–23, 2017transgender students' bathroom access after the rescission of the federal guidance
The federal government last year ordered all public schools in America to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of the gender they identify with.
The federal government last year ordered all public schools in America to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of the gender they identify with. Do you favor or oppose allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms of the opposite biological sex?
Wording notes: the preamble uses the respondent-neutral phrase 'the gender they identify with' but the question itself switches to 'the bathrooms of the opposite biological sex''ordered' characterizes the 2016 Dear Colleague letter as a command
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Rasmussen ReportsSchool policyFeb 22–23, 2017 which level of government should set school bathroom policy
Who should be responsible for setting bathroom policies in elementary and secondary schools - local government, state government or the federal government?
Wording notes: recasts the dispute as a federalism question with transgender students unmentioned
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Local government
- State government
- The federal government
- Not sure
PRRIBathrooms & facilitiesparaphrasedFeb 10–19, 2017laws requiring bathroom use matching sex at birth
Respondents rate each policy on a strongly favor / favor / oppose / strongly oppose scale.
Laws that require transgender individuals to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth rather than their current gender identity
Base: 1,211 interviews conducted on cell phone
Wording notes: favor = restrictionearliest wave in the PRRI bathroom trend and the high-water mark for opposition to restrictions
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
PRRINondiscriminationFeb 10–19, 2017 LGBT nondiscrimination protections in jobs, public accommodations and housing
Now, we would like to get your views on some issues that are being discussed in the country today. Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose or strongly oppose [see below] ? ... What about [see below] ?
Laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing
Base: 1,211 interviews conducted on cell phone
Wording notes: transgender people are bundled with gay, lesbian and bisexual people rather than asked about separately
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Unsure/Refused
PRRIContact & populationFeb 10–19, 2017 has a close friend or family member who is transgender
Do you have a close friend or family member who is... [select all that apply]
Do you have a close friend or family member who is... transgender
Base: 1,211 interviews conducted on cell phone
Wording notes: net 'yes' combines close friend and family member
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes (net close friend or family member)
- No
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Political salienceFeb 3–10, 2017importance of the Texas Legislature passing a law regulating transgender restroom access
How important do you think it is that the Texas Legislature pass a law regulating transgender access to public restrooms?
Base: 1,280 respondents interviewed, matched down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: measures priority, not direction - a respondent who opposes the law and one who is indifferent both land in 'not important''regulating transgender access' is the restrictive side's framing of SB 6
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very important
- Somewhat important
- Not very important
- Not at all important
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Bathrooms & facilitiesFeb 3–10, 2017 whether transgender people should have restroom access by birth gender or gender identity
Which of the following comes closer to your opinion? Transgender people should have access to public restrooms based on...
Base: 1,280 respondents interviewed, matched down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: very short options with no elaboration on either sideexplicit don't-know option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Their birth gender
- Their gender identity
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)for The Texas TribuneBathrooms & facilitiesFeb 3–12, 2017 whether transgender people should use restrooms matching birth gender or gender identity
Which of the following comes closer to your opinion? Transgender people should have access to public restrooms based on...
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'explicit don't-know offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Their birth gender
- Their gender identity
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)for The Texas TribunePolitical salienceFeb 3–12, 2017 importance of the Texas Legislature passing a bathroom bill
How important do you think it is that the Texas Legislature pass a law regulating transgender access to public restrooms?
Wording notes: measures salience, not direction of opinion
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very important
- Somewhat important
- Not very important
- Not at all important
- Don't know/No opinion
Gallupfor Sharecare (Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index)Contact & populationJan 2, 2017 – Dec 30, 2017 combined LGBT self-identification (transgender not broken out)
Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender?
Wording notes: single yes/no collapses four distinct identities
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- No
- Don't know / refused
PRRINondiscriminationJan 2017 – Dec 31, 2017 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.
Base: Pooled annual AVA aggregate over the 2017 monthly waves, which are recorded separately in this file.
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
- Don't know/Refused
Williams Institute (UCLA)Contact & populationJan 2017 – Dec 31, 2020estimated share and number of adults and youth who identify as transgender
Do you consider yourself to be transgender?
Base: Pooled 2017-2020 BRFSS across the 43 states that had used the optional gender identity module at least once, plus the 2017 and 2019 YRBS across the 15 states that included the transgender question. Pooled respondent counts were not printed in the sections retrieved.
Wording notes: combines an interviewer-administered adult measure with a self-administered youth measure, which is one reason the adult and youth rates differ so sharply
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Williams Institute (UCLA)NondiscriminationparaphrasedJan 2017 – Dec 31, 2017 general protection of transgender people from discrimination
Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.
Transgender people should be protected from discrimination.
Base: U.S. arm of a multi-country study; restricted to ages 18-64
Wording notes: abstract 'protected from discrimination' framing without naming domains, which sits between Gallup's abstract 'new civil rights laws' item and PRRI's concrete jobs/housing/accommodations itemagree/disagree construction, subject to acquiescence
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Don't know
Williams Institute (UCLA)Adult medical careparaphrasedJan 2017 – Dec 31, 2017 access to gender-affirming surgery
Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.
Transgender people should be allowed to have gender-affirming surgery.
Base: U.S. arm of a multi-country study; restricted to ages 18-64
Wording notes: does not specify age, payer or provider - a permissive framing relative to later items that name minors or insurance
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Don't know
Williams Institute (UCLA)General acceptanceparaphrasedJan 2017 – Dec 31, 2017 whether the U.S. should do more to support and protect transgender people
Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.
I would like the U.S. to do more to support and protect transgender people.
Base: U.S. arm of a multi-country study; restricted to ages 18-64
Wording notes: a 'do more' item, which measures desired direction of change rather than support for a specific policy - it draws 22 points less agreement than the abstract nondiscrimination item in the same battery
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Don't know
Williams Institute (UCLA)General acceptanceparaphrasedJan 2017 – Dec 31, 2017 perceived direction of societal tolerance
Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.
The U.S. is becoming more tolerant of transgender people.
Base: U.S. arm of a multi-country study; restricted to ages 18-64
Wording notes: a perception item, not an attitude item - agreement does not indicate the respondent's own view
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Don't know
Military Times / Syracuse University InstituteMilitary serviceparaphraseddata flagDec 16–21, 2016active-duty opinion of the 2016 decision to allow open transgender service
What is your opinion of the decision to allow transgender troops to serve openly in the military?
Base: 87% male, 13% female; mean age 30; 73% white, 12% Hispanic, 11% African American, 4% Asian, 9% other
Wording notes: asked of a self-selected military-readership sample, which skews older, more senior and more male than the force
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very positive
- Somewhat positive
- Somewhat negative
- Very negative
- No opinion
Military Times / Syracuse University InstituteMilitary serviceparaphraseddata flagDec 16–21, 2016 perceived effect of open transgender service on unit readiness
What effect will allowing transgender troops to serve openly have on your unit's readiness?
Little or no effect on readiness
47%
Hurt readiness
41%
Benefit readiness
12%
- Sample
- 1,664 active-duty U.S. military service members · approximately ±2 percentage points
- Method
- nonprobability quota
- Where
- US national - active-duty U.S. military
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 87% male, 13% female; mean age 30; 73% white, 12% Hispanic, 11% African American, 4% Asian, 9% other
Wording notes: readiness framing, the same frame used in the Pentagon's own 2017-2019 policy justifications
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Benefit readiness
- Little or no effect
- Hurt readiness
Military Times / Syracuse University InstituteMilitary serviceparaphraseddata flagDec 16–21, 2016 perceived effect on morale
What effect will allowing transgender troops to serve openly have on morale?
No effect on morale
27%
Boost morale
16%
- Sample
- 1,664 active-duty U.S. military service members · approximately ±2 percentage points
- Method
- nonprobability quota
- Where
- US national - active-duty U.S. military
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 87% male, 13% female; mean age 30; 73% white, 12% Hispanic, 11% African American, 4% Asian, 9% other
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Boost morale
- No effect
- Hurt morale
SurveyUSAParty & candidate handlingNov 17–19, 2016whether Trump voters are biased against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people
Are most of the people who voted for Donald Trump ... biased against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people? Or not biased?
Base: 581 registered voters; the transgender item carries a credibility interval of +/-4.2 points.
Wording notes: asks about a group of voters rather than about policybundles transgender people into an LGBT aggregate
Response options as the pollster wrote them
HPHarris Pollfor GLAADContact & populationparaphrasedNov 2–4, 2016
self-identification as transgender or gender nonconforming, by generation
[Wording not published - the report states that 12% of Millennials 'identify as transgender or gender nonconforming, meaning they do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth or their gender expression is different from conventional expectations of masculinity and femininity']
Base: The 2017 report says 1,708 self-identified as heterosexual (the non-LGBTQ sample) and 100 respondents were unclassified because they declined the gender identity and sexual orientation questions; the 2018 report gives 1,692 as the non-LGBTQ base. LGBTQ classification changed in this wave: two distinct questions (sexual orientation, gender identity) replaced the earlier single item.
Wording notes: combines transgender and gender-nonconforming identification into one reported figuredefinition supplied by the report author, not necessarily by the questionnaire
HPHarris Pollfor GLAADContact & populationparaphrasedNov 2–4, 2016
self-identified gender identity, by age group
Sexual orientation & gender identity by age group [gender identity response set: Cisgender / Transgender / Gender fluid / Bigender / Genderqueer / Agender / Unsure or questioning]
Base: The 2017 report says 1,708 self-identified as heterosexual (the non-LGBTQ sample) and 100 respondents were unclassified because they declined the gender identity and sexual orientation questions; the 2018 report gives 1,692 as the non-LGBTQ base. LGBTQ classification changed in this wave: two distinct questions (sexual orientation, gender identity) replaced the earlier single item.
Wording notes: response set offers seven gender-identity categories, far more granular than most public polls
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Cisgender
- Transgender
- Gender fluid
- Bigender
- Genderqueer
- Agender
- Unsure/questioning
HPHarris Pollfor GLAADContact & populationparaphrasedNov 2–4, 2016
knowing someone who is transgender / gender fluid / bigender / genderqueer / agender
% of people who know someone who is: [Gay or Lesbian / Bisexual / Transgender / Queer / Asexual / Pansexual / Gender fluid / Bigender / Genderqueer / Agender / Unsure of or questioning gender]
Base: The 2017 report says 1,708 self-identified as heterosexual (the non-LGBTQ sample) and 100 respondents were unclassified because they declined the gender identity and sexual orientation questions; the 2018 report gives 1,692 as the non-LGBTQ base. LGBTQ classification changed in this wave: two distinct questions (sexual orientation, gender identity) replaced the earlier single item.
BABaselice & AssociatesBathrooms & facilitiesNov 2016
state law barring 'men' from women's restrooms, locker rooms, showers
Under current law, it is NOT illegal for men to enter a public women's restroom, locker room or shower.
Under current law, it is NOT illegal for men to enter a public women's restroom, locker room or shower. Do you support passing a state law that would make it illegal for men to enter in a public women's restroom, locker room or shower in order to assure women have privacy and can feel safe
Wording notes: does not use the word transgender - recasts trans women as 'men'preamble asserts a contested premise about current lawappends a justification clause ('in order to assure women have privacy and can feel safe') to only one sideno counter-argument offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Bathrooms & facilitiesOct 14–23, 2016 whether transgender people should have restroom access by birth gender or gender identity
Which of the following comes closer to your opinion? Transgender people should have access to public restrooms based on...
Base: 1,377 respondents interviewed, matched down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: very short options with no elaboration on either sideexplicit don't-know option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Their birth gender
- Their gender identity
- Don't know/No opinion
Ipsosfor ReutersBathrooms & facilitiesOct 6–19, 2016which public restroom transgender people should use
Which of the below statements comes closer to your opinion?
Base: 2,132 total; 1,875 registered voters; 1,233 likely voters; 849 Democrats, 866 Republicans, 296 Independents. Party crosstabs published on the likely-voter base.
Wording notes: the stem itself is contentless - all substance sits in the two response optionseach option carries a parenthetical concession ('regardless of...'), which is symmetricuses 'biological sex on their birth certificate'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- People should use public restrooms according to the gender with which they identify (regardless of their biological sex)
- People should use public restrooms according to the biological sex on their birth certificate (regardless of how they appear or identify)
- Don't know
Ipsosfor ReutersPolitical salienceOct 6–19, 2016 effect of HB2 and the boycott backlash on support for Governor Pat McCrory's re-election
This year, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed a law that removed certain protections to gay and transgender people. Since, national organizations have canceled a variety of events within the state, including concerts, conventions and college basketball tournaments to protest the law. How has the law, and the public response, affected your support for Gov. McCrory's re-election bid?
I'm less likely to support McCrory
36%
I'm more likely to support McCrory
32%
No change
25%
Don't know
7%
- Sample
- 2,132 adults · credibility interval (Ipsos states precision is measured using a credibility interval rather than a margin of error)
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US: North Carolina
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 16 subgroup figures
Base: 2,132 total; 1,875 registered voters; 1,233 likely voters; 849 Democrats, 866 Republicans, 296 Independents. Party crosstabs published on the likely-voter base.
Wording notes: describes HB2 only as removing 'certain protections to gay and transgender people', without the restroom provisionforegrounds the boycott of concerts, conventions and basketball tournaments before asking about vote effectself-reported vote-change items overstate movement
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- I'm more likely to support McCrory
- I'm less likely to support McCrory
- No change
- Don't know
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersBathrooms & facilitiesOct 6–19, 2016 public restroom use by gender identity versus birth certificate sex
Which of the below statements comes closer to your opinion?
People should use public restrooms according to the biological sex on their birth certificate (regardless of how they appear or identify)
58%
People should use public restrooms according to the gender with which they identify (regardless of their biological sex)
34%
Don't know
8%
- Sample
- 2,132 adults; also reported for registered voters and likely voters · Credibility interval of +/- 3.2 percentage points for likely voters; Bayesian credibility interval adjusted using a standard weighting design effect of 1+L=1.3
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US: North Carolina
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 9 subgroup figures
Base: 2,132 adults 18+, including 849 Democrats, 866 Republicans, 296 Independents, 1,875 registered voters and 1,233 likely voters. Results below are reported for All Adults and for Likely Voters; the party breaks shown are among likely voters.
Wording notes: both options carry a parenthetical qualifier, so the construction is unusually symmetric for a 2016 bathroom itemthe restrictive option's qualifier - 'regardless of how they appear or identify' - is arguably the more vivid of the two, since it makes explicit that a person who looks and lives as a woman would be sent to the men's room'biological sex on their birth certificate' conflates two different things: birth-assigned sex and the document, which in many states can be amended
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- People should use public restrooms according to the gender with which they identify (regardless of their biological sex)
- People should use public restrooms according to the biological sex on their birth certificate (regardless of how they appear or identify)
- Don't know
Ipsosfor Thomson ReutersPolitical salienceOct 6–19, 2016 effect of HB2 and the ensuing boycotts on support for Governor McCrory
This year, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed a law that removed certain protections to gay and transgender people. Since, national organizations have canceled a variety of events within the state, including concerts, conventions and college basketball tournaments to protest the law.
This year, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed a law that removed certain protections to gay and transgender people. Since, national organizations have canceled a variety of events within the state, including concerts, conventions and college basketball tournaments to protest the law. How has the law, and the public response, affected your support for Gov. McCrory's re-election bid?
I'm less likely to support McCrory
36%
I'm more likely to support McCrory
32%
No change
25%
Don't know
7%
- Sample
- 2,132 adults; also reported for registered voters and likely voters · Credibility interval of +/- 3.2 percentage points for likely voters; Bayesian credibility interval adjusted using a standard weighting design effect of 1+L=1.3
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US: North Carolina
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 10 subgroup figures
Base: 2,132 adults 18+, including 849 Democrats, 866 Republicans, 296 Independents, 1,875 registered voters and 1,233 likely voters. Results below are reported for All Adults and for Likely Voters; the party breaks shown are among likely voters.
Wording notes: long informational preamble that supplies facts many respondents would not otherwise hold - this is an informed-opinion item, not a top-of-head onethe preamble bundles the law and the economic backlash into a single stimulus, so the item cannot separate reaction to HB2 from reaction to the boycottsdescribes HB2 accurately as removing protections rather than using the 'bathroom bill' shorthand
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- I'm more likely to support McCrory
- I'm less likely to support McCrory
- No change
- Don't know
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)for The Texas TribuneBathrooms & facilitiesOct 2016 public restroom access by birth gender vs. gender identity
Which of the following comes closer to your opinion? Transgender people should have access to public restrooms based on...
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'no middle option; explicit don't-know offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- their birth gender
- their gender identity
- Don't know/No opinion
CECooperative Election Study (CES)Contact & populationSep 28, 2016 – Dec 14, 2016
CES demographic variable measuring transgender status of the respondent
Have you ever undergone any part of a process (including any thought or action) to change your gender / perceived gender from the one you were assigned at birth? This may include steps such as changing the type of clothes you wear, name you are known by or undergoing surgery.
Base: Pre-election wave 28 Sep - 7 Nov 2016; post-election wave 9 Nov - 14 Dec 2016
Wording notes: extremely broad wording ('any thought or action')asked of roughly half the sample
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Elon University PollBathrooms & facilitiesSep 27–30, 2016 whether HB2 should be repealed
Do you think HB2, also known as the Bathroom Bill, should remain a law or be repealed?
Base: 799 registered voters interviewed; 660 classified as likely voters and reported
Wording notes: identifies the law as 'the Bathroom Bill'no description of the law's content
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Remain A Law
- Be Repealed
- Something Else (Don't Read)
- Don't Know (Something Else)
- Refused (Don't Read)
Elon University PollBathrooms & facilitiesparaphrasedSep 27–30, 2016 repeal of HB2
[whether] the law, which requires people to use the public bathroom in North Carolina that matches the gender on their birth certificate, should be repealed [or should remain a law]
Base: 799 registered voters interviewed; 660 classified as likely voters and reported
Wording notes: describes HB2 by its birth-certificate bathroom requirement
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be repealed
- Should remain a law
Elon University PollBathrooms & facilitiesSep 27–30, 2016 repeal of North Carolina HB2
Do you think HB2, also known as the Bathroom Bill, should remain a law or be repealed?
Wording notes: adopts the popular nickname 'the Bathroom Bill' inside the stemgives no description of what the law does, so the answer depends on prior knowledge
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Remain A Law
- Be Repealed
- Something Else (Don't Read)
- Don't Know (Something Else)
- Refused (Don't Read)