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High Point University Pollfor Greensboro News & RecordBathrooms & facilitiesSep 17–22, 2016whether HB2's birth-certificate bathroom provision is necessary for safety and privacy
House Bill 2 was enacted in March. It includes a provision that requires people to use public bathrooms that correspond to the gender recorded on their birth certificates.
House Bill 2 was enacted in March. It includes a provision that requires people to use public bathrooms that correspond to the gender recorded on their birth certificates. Do you believe this law is necessary or NOT necessary to protect public safety and privacy in North Carolina?
Base: 404 likely North Carolina voters (273 cell phone, 131 landline)
Wording notes: adopts the bill's own justification ('to protect public safety and privacy') as the standard being judgedaccurate description of the provisiondoes not use the word transgender
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Necessary
- Not necessary
- Don't know
- Refused
High Point University Pollfor Greensboro News & RecordNondiscriminationSep 17–22, 2016 HB2's preemption of local anti-discrimination ordinances
House Bill 2 also prohibits North Carolina cities from adopting local anti-discrimination ordinances.
House Bill 2 also prohibits North Carolina cities from adopting local anti-discrimination ordinances. Do you believe cities should be allowed to adopt their own anti-discrimination ordinances or should NOT be allowed to adopt such ordinances?
Base: 404 likely North Carolina voters (273 cell phone, 131 landline)
Wording notes: preemption framingdoes not name transgender people or the protected classes at issue
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Cities should be allowed
- Cities should NOT be allowed
- Don't know
- Refused
High Point University Pollfor Greensboro News & RecordBathrooms & facilitiesSep 17–22, 2016 perceived economic impact of HB2 boycotts and cancellations
Some corporations, business groups, entertainers, and sports associations have canceled events in North Carolina because of House Bill 2.
Some corporations, business groups, entertainers, and sports associations have canceled events in North Carolina because of House Bill 2. Do you believe this has had a large economic impact, small impact, or no economic impact on North Carolina?
Base: 404 likely North Carolina voters (273 cell phone, 131 landline)
Wording notes: preamble asserts that cancellations occurred (factually true at the time)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Large economic impact
- Small impact
- No economic impact
- Don't know
High Point University Pollfor Greensboro News & RecordBathrooms & facilitiesSep 17–22, 2016 trade-off between enforcing HB2 and ending its economic impact
Which is more important to you personally, enforcing the law called House Bill 2 or ending any economic impact it may be having on North Carolina?
Base: 404 likely North Carolina voters (273 cell phone, 131 landline)
Wording notes: forces a trade-off between two non-exclusive goodsfollows an item establishing that the economic impact is large
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Enforcing House Bill 2
- Ending House Bill 2's economic impact
- Don't know
- Refused
Elon University PollPolitical salienceSep 12–16, 2016awareness of HB2
North Carolina recently enacted a law called House Bill 2. It is also known as the Bathroom Bill or HB2. Have you heard anything about HB2?
Base: 799 registered voters interviewed; 644 classified as likely voters and reported. HB2 follow-up items asked only of the 614-615 respondents who had heard of HB2.
Wording notes: adopts the opponents' nickname 'the Bathroom Bill' as part of the introduction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Elon University PollBathrooms & facilitiesSep 12–16, 2016 support for North Carolina HB2
North Carolina recently enacted a law called House Bill 2. It is also known as the Bathroom Bill or HB2. Have you heard anything about HB2?
[If yes to House Bill 2 Intro] Do you support or oppose HB2?
Base: 799 registered voters interviewed; 644 classified as likely voters and reported. HB2 follow-up items asked only of the 614-615 respondents who had heard of HB2.
Wording notes: names only the bill number, relying on the preamble for contentno substantive description of what HB2 does
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Support
- Oppose
- Neither/No opinion (don't read)
- Don't Know (don't read)
- Refused (don't read)
Elon University PollParty & candidate handlingSep 12–16, 2016 Gov. Pat McCrory's handling of HB2 and vote intention
North Carolina recently enacted a law called House Bill 2. It is also known as the Bathroom Bill or HB2. Have you heard anything about HB2?
[If yes to House Bill 2 Intro] Has Governor Pat McCrory's handling of HB2 made you more or less likely to vote to re-elect him as governor?
Base: 799 registered voters interviewed; 644 classified as likely voters and reported. HB2 follow-up items asked only of the 614-615 respondents who had heard of HB2.
Wording notes: 'no difference' is offered as an explicit alternative rather than volunteered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More likely
- Less likely
- No difference
- Don't Know (don't read)
- Refused (don't read)
Elon University PollPolitical salienceSep 12–16, 2016 perceived effect of HB2 on North Carolina's national reputation
North Carolina recently enacted a law called House Bill 2. It is also known as the Bathroom Bill or HB2. Have you heard anything about HB2?
[If yes to House Bill 2 Intro] Regardless of what you think about HB2 itself, do you think the national reputation of North Carolina is better, worse, or about the same since HB2 was passed?
Base: 799 registered voters interviewed; 644 classified as likely voters and reported. HB2 follow-up items asked only of the 614-615 respondents who had heard of HB2.
Wording notes: explicitly instructs respondents to set aside their own view of the law
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Better
- Worse
- About the same
- Don't Know (don't read)
- Refused (don't read)
Elon University PollBathrooms & facilitiesSep 12–16, 2016 support/oppose HB2 by name, no description
Do you support or oppose HB2?
Base: 799 registered voters interviewed; 644 classified as likely voters and reported. HB2 follow-up items asked only of the 614-615 respondents who had heard of HB2.
Wording notes: names the bill only ('HB2') with no description of its contentsthe word 'transgender' does not appear in the itemallows a 'neither' response
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Support
- Oppose
- Neither/no opinion
- Don't know
Elon University PollBathrooms & facilitiesSep 12–16, 2016 perceived effect of HB2 on North Carolina's national reputation
Regardless of what you think about HB2 itself, do you think the national reputation of North Carolina is better, worse, or about the same since HB2 passed?
Base: 799 registered voters interviewed; 644 classified as likely voters and reported. HB2 follow-up items asked only of the 614-615 respondents who had heard of HB2.
Wording notes: explicitly separates reputational effect from support for the lawmiddle option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Better
- Worse
- About the same
- Don't know
Elon University PollPolitical salienceSep 12–16, 2016 effect of the governor's handling of HB2 on vote choice
Has Gov. Pat McCrory's handling of HB2 made you more or less likely to vote to re-elect him as governor?
Base: 799 registered voters interviewed; 644 classified as likely voters and reported. HB2 follow-up items asked only of the 614-615 respondents who had heard of HB2.
Wording notes: ties the bathroom law directly to vote choicemiddle 'no difference' option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More likely
- Less likely
- No difference
- Don't know
ANANESBathrooms & facilitiesSep 7, 2016 – Nov 7, 2016
ANES variable V161228 (TRANSPOLICY_RESTRM) - transgender bathroom policy, forced choice
Should transgender people -- that is, people who identify themselves as the sex or gender different from the one they were born as -- have to use the bathrooms of the gender they were born as, or should they be allowed to use the bathrooms of their identified gender?
Have to use the bathrooms of the gender they were born with
51.5%
Be allowed to use the bathrooms of their identified gender
48.5%
- Sample
- 4,271 adult citizens
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 4,271 pre-election interviews: 1,181 face-to-face and 3,090 online
Wording notes: defines 'transgender people' inside the question stemno explicit middle/no-opinion option offeredresponse option order randomized forward/reverse
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Have to use the bathrooms of the gender they were born with
- Be allowed to use the bathrooms of their identified gender
ANANESBathrooms & facilitiesSep 7, 2016 – Nov 7, 2016
ANES summary variable V161228x - transgender bathroom policy combined with strength of opinion (6-point)
IF R OPINION ON TRANSGENDER USE OF RESTROOMS OF IDENTIFIED GENDER IS NOT DK/RF:
How strongly do you feel about that? [Very strongly, moderately strongly, or slightly strongly / Slightly strongly, moderately strongly or very strongly]?
Feel very strongly - bathroom of the gender born with
36%
Feel very strongly - bathroom of identified gender
20.7%
Feel moderately strongly - bathroom of identified gender
19.7%
Feel moderately strongly - bathroom of the gender born with
11.6%
Feel a little strongly - bathroom of identified gender
8%
Feel a little strongly - bathroom of the gender born with
3.9%
- Sample
- 4,271 adult citizens
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: 4,271 pre-election interviews: 1,181 face-to-face and 3,090 online
Wording notes: branching strength follow-up, folded into a 6-point summary scale with no midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very strongly
- Moderately
- Slightly
Monmouth UniversityBathrooms & facilitiesAug 20–23, 2016approve/disapprove of HB2
Do you approve or disapprove of H.B. 2 - the state law that prohibits local governments from allowing transgendered people to use the public restroom of their choice?
Base: 401 North Carolina likely voters drawn from registered voters
Wording notes: uses the dated and generally deprecated adjective 'transgendered'describes HB2 by its preemption effect rather than its birth-certificate mandate'restroom of their choice' rather than 'matching their gender identity'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Approve
- Disapprove
- No opinion
Monmouth UniversityBathrooms & facilitiesAug 20–23, 2016 effect of HB2 on North Carolina's national reputation
Regardless of whether you approve of the law do you think passing H.B. 2 has been good or bad for North Carolina's reputation nationally, or has it had no impact on the state's reputation?
Base: 401 North Carolina likely voters drawn from registered voters
Wording notes: explicitly decouples reputational judgment from approval of the law
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Good
- Bad
- No impact
- Don't know
Pew Research CenterBathrooms & facilitiesAug 16, 2016 – Sep 12, 2016sympathy with allowing restroom use matching gender identity
Next, we'd like to get your opinions about some stories that have been in the news in recent years. As you may know, recent stories in the news have highlighted a debate over the use of public restrooms by transgender individuals - such as people who now identify and live as females but were born male [VIGNETTE 3B: males but were born female]. Some argue that transgender people should be [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS; STATEMENT 1: allowed to use the public restrooms of the gender with which they currently identify / STATEMENT 2: required to use the public restrooms of the gender they were born into]. Others argue that transgender people should be [OPPOSITE STATEMENT]. We're interested in your views about this situation.
How much, if at all, do you sympathize with those who say transgender people should be allowed to use the public restrooms of the gender with which they currently identify?
Base: 4,195 web respondents and 343 mail respondents. Restroom vignette 3A (male-to-female example) shown to a random half, vignette 3B (female-to-male example) to the other half; Pew combined responses after finding no significant wording differences on TRANSREST1-3.
Wording notes: vignette/debate framing presents both sidesuses 'the gender they were born into'randomized statement ordersplit-sample male-to-female vs female-to-male example
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- Some
- Not much
- Not at all
- No answer
Pew Research CenterBathrooms & facilitiesAug 16, 2016 – Sep 12, 2016 sympathy with requiring restroom use matching birth sex
See TRANSREST1 preamble (same vignette).
How much, if at all, do you sympathize with those who say transgender people should be required to use the public restrooms of the gender they were born into?
Base: 4,195 web respondents and 343 mail respondents. Restroom vignette 3A (male-to-female example) shown to a random half, vignette 3B (female-to-male example) to the other half; Pew combined responses after finding no significant wording differences on TRANSREST1-3.
Wording notes: uses 'the gender they were born into'randomized order relative to TRANSREST1
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- Some
- Not much
- Not at all
- No answer
Pew Research CenterBathrooms & facilitiesAug 16, 2016 – Sep 12, 2016 forced choice on transgender restroom use
See TRANSREST1 preamble (same vignette).
And if you had to choose, which comes closest to your view? Transgender people should be...
Base: 4,195 web respondents and 343 mail respondents. Restroom vignette 3A (male-to-female example) shown to a random half, vignette 3B (female-to-male example) to the other half; Pew combined responses after finding no significant wording differences on TRANSREST1-3.
Wording notes: 'if you had to choose' forces a binaryno middle optionresponse option order matched to the randomized vignette order
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Allowed to use the public restrooms of the gender with which they currently identify
- Required to use the public restrooms of the gender they were born into
- No answer
Pew Research CenterContact & populationAug 16, 2016 – Sep 12, 2016 knows a transgender person
Do you personally know anyone who is transgender, or not?
Base: 4,195 web respondents and 343 mail respondents. Restroom vignette 3A (male-to-female example) shown to a random half, vignette 3B (female-to-male example) to the other half; Pew combined responses after finding no significant wording differences on TRANSREST1-3.
Wording notes: 'transgender' defined earlier in the vignette as 'people who now identify and live as females but were born male' / 'males but were born female'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, I know someone who is transgender
- No, I do not
- No answer
PRRIBathrooms & facilitiesparaphrasedAug 10–16, 2016laws requiring bathroom use by sex at birth
Laws that require transgender individuals to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth rather than their current gender identity
Wording notes: uses 'sex at birth' and 'current gender identity'asks about the law rather than the behaviorbathrooms onlywording only approximately verified
Response options as the pollster wrote them
PRRIBathrooms & facilitiesAug 10–30, 2016 laws requiring bathroom use by sex at birth
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 [INSERT RANDOMIZE]? What about [INSERT NEXT; RANDOMIZE]? [READ AS NECESSARY: Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose or strongly oppose this?]
Laws that require transgender individuals to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth rather than their current gender identity
Wording notes: restrictive policy is the 'favor' poleuses 'sex at birth' vs 'current gender identity'battery item with no standalone stem - the favor/oppose scale is supplied once for the whole grid
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know/Refused (VOL.)
Public Policy PollingBathrooms & facilitiesAug 5–7, 2016support or opposition to HB2
Do you support or oppose House Bill 2?
Wording notes: not-sure share rises to 27 percent from 21 percent in Maynames the bill only by number
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Public Policy PollingParty & candidate handlingAug 5–7, 2016 approval of Governor McCrory's handling of HB2
Do you approve or disapprove of how Governor Pat McCrory has handled HB2?
Wording notes: candidate-handling item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Approve
- Disapprove
- Not sure
Public Policy PollingPolitical salienceAug 5–7, 2016 whether McCrory's handling of HB2 affects vote choice
Does Governor McCrory's handling of HB2 make you more or less likely to vote for him this fall, or does it not make a difference?
Wording notes: a self-reported vote-effect item, which respondents are poor at answering accuratelyoffers an explicit no-difference option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More Likely
- Less Likely
- Does not make a difference
- Not sure
Public Policy PollingBathrooms & facilitiesAug 5–7, 2016 whether HB2 is helping or hurting North Carolina
Overall, do you think HB2 is helping or hurting North Carolina?
Wording notes: directly comparable to the May wave
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- HB2 is helping North Carolina
- HB2 is hurting North Carolina
- Not sure
Public Policy PollingBathrooms & facilitiesAug 5–7, 2016 perceived economic impact of HB2
Do you think House Bill 2 has had a positive or negative impact on the North Carolina economy, or has it not made a difference?
HB2 has had a negative impact on NC economy
58%
Has not made a difference
24%
HB2 has had a positive impact on NC economy
8%
Not sure
10%
- Sample
- 830 likely voters · plus or minus 3.4 percent
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US: North Carolina
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: directly comparable to the May wave
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- HB2 has had a positive impact on NC economy
- HB2 has had a negative impact on NC economy
- Has not made a difference
- Not sure
Public Policy PollingBathrooms & facilitiesAug 5–7, 2016 perceived impact of HB2 on North Carolina's national reputation
Do you think House Bill 2 has had a positive or negative impact on North Carolina's reputation nationally, or has it not made a difference?
HB2 has had a negative impact on NC reputation
55%
HB2 has had a positive impact on NC reputation
19%
Has not made a difference
18%
Not sure
9%
- Sample
- 830 likely voters · plus or minus 3.4 percent
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US: North Carolina
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: directly comparable to the May wave
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- HB2 has had a positive impact on NC reputation
- HB2 has had a negative impact on NC reputation
- Has not made a difference
- Not sure
Public Policy PollingBathrooms & facilitiesAug 5–7, 2016 whether HB2 has made North Carolina safer
Do you think House Bill 2 has made North Carolina safer, or not?
Wording notes: tests the bill's stated rationale; the safer share falls from 36 in May to 29 in August
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- HB2 has made NC safer
- HB2 has not made NC safer
- Not sure
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagAug 2016 – Aug 31, 2016 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: PRRI publishes no per-wave n or MOE for this fielding in the LGBTQ trend toplines.
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
PRRIBathrooms & facilitiesdata flagAug 2016 – Aug 31, 2016 laws requiring restroom use matching sex assigned at birth ('bathroom bills')
Q12. Do you favor or oppose each of the following?
Laws that require transgender individuals to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth rather than their current gender identity
Base: PRRI publishes no per-wave n or MOE for this fielding in the LGBTQ trend toplines.
Wording notes: uses 'sex at birth' against 'current gender identity'policy stated as a restriction the respondent favors or opposes
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Skipped/Refused
YouGovSportsJul 5–6, 2016athletes who have undergone gender reassignment competing in their new gender category
Do you think athletes that have undergone gender reassignment should or should not be allowed to compete in sporting events designed for their new gender?
Base: Party breaks are 2015 general election vote (Con weighted n=488, Lab 405, Lib Dem 104, UKIP 165 - the Lib Dem and UKIP bases are small).
Wording notes: offers an explicit conditional middle option about competitive advantagerestricts the item to athletes who have had gender reassignment
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes they should, everyone should be treated exactly the same
- Yes they should, but only if it can be proven they have not gained an advantage over their competitors as a result of gender reassignment
- No they should not, they should not be allowed
- Don't know
QUQuinnipiac UniversityFeeling thermometersJun 21–27, 2016
comfort with a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender vice president
If you honestly assessed yourself, how comfortable do you think you would be with - a gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender vice president: would you be very comfortable, somewhat comfortable, not so comfortable, or not at all comfortable?
Wording notes: collapses gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender into a single stimulus; no transgender-only reading is recoverablepart of a battery of hypothetical VP traits (the preceding item asked about a female vice president)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very comfortable
- Smwht comfortable
- Not so comfortable
- Not at all
- DK/NA
Talk Business & Politics / Hendrix College PollBathrooms & facilitiesJun 21, 2016birth-certificate bathroom requirement vs. gender-identity access
Do you support policies requiring individuals to use the bathroom that matches the sex on their birth certificate or support policies allowing transgender individuals to use the public bathroom corresponding to their gender identity?
Base: described as 751 Arkansas 'frequent voters'
Wording notes: restrictive option read firstsingle question offers two policies in one sentence
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Policies requiring individuals to use the bathroom that matches the sex on their birth certificate
- Policies allowing transgender individuals to use the public bathroom corresponding to their gender identity
- Don't Know
Public Policy PollingBathrooms & facilitiesJun 20–21, 2016 support for North Carolina House Bill 2
Do you support or oppose House Bill 2?
Wording notes: the bill is referred to only by number - the question never mentions transgender people, bathrooms, or the local-ordinance preemption the law also containedno description of the law's contents is offered, so the result depends entirely on what respondents already believe HB2 does
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Support House Bill 2
- Oppose House Bill 2
- Not sure
Public Policy PollingBathrooms & facilitiesJun 20–21, 2016 whether HB2 is helping or hurting North Carolina
Overall, do you think HB2 is helping or hurting North Carolina?
Wording notes: no 'no effect' option between helping and hurtingasked after the support/oppose item, which may anchor the answer
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- HB2 is helping North Carolina
- HB2 is hurting North Carolina
- Not sure
Public Policy PollingBathrooms & facilitiesJun 20–21, 2016 economic impact of HB2
Do you think House Bill 2 has had a positive or negative impact on the North Carolina economy, or has it not made a difference?
Wording notes: explicit 'has not made a difference' option, unlike Q11
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Positive impact on economy
- Negative impact on economy
- Has not made a difference
- Not sure
Public Policy PollingBathrooms & facilitiesJun 20–21, 2016 reputational impact of HB2
Do you think House Bill 2 has had a positive or negative impact on North Carolina's reputation nationally, or has it not made a difference?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Positive impact on reputation
- Negative impact on reputation
- Has not made a difference
- Not sure
Public Policy PollingBathrooms & facilitiesJun 20–21, 2016 whether HB2 made North Carolina safer
Do you think House Bill 2 has made North Carolina safer, or not?
Wording notes: tests the sponsors' own stated rationale for the law
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- HB2 has made North Carolina safer
- HB2 has not made North Carolina safer
- Not sure
QUQuinnipiac UniversityBathrooms & facilitiesJun 8–19, 2016
public bathroom access consistent with gender identity
Do you think people who are transgender should be allowed to use the public bathrooms consistent with the gender they identify with, or not?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes/Should
- No/Should not
- DK/NA
QUQuinnipiac UniversitySchool policyJun 8–19, 2016
whether public schools should be required to allow trans students to use bathrooms/locker rooms matching gender identity
Do you think public schools should be required to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that are consistent with the gender they identify with, or not?
Wording notes: 'required to' framing invokes a mandateasked immediately after the general public-bathroom access item, producing a within-poll contrast of 7-11 points
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes/Should
- No/Should not
- DK/NA