Every question, with its verbatim wording, its toplines, and a link to the pollster’s own release. Filters combine; the
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YouGovContact & populationJun 2015 – Jun 3, 2015personally knowing a transgender person
Do you personally know anyone who is transgender?
Wording notes: no Not sure option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovAdult medical careparaphrasedJun 2015 – Jun 3, 2015 insurance coverage of transition-related care
Once a person has been diagnosed with gender identity disorder, should insurance companies be required to cover the costs of treatment?
Wording notes: uses the diagnostic label 'gender identity disorder', which the DSM-5 had already replaced with 'gender dysphoria' in 2013frames coverage as a legal requirement on insurers rather than as access
Response options as the pollster wrote them
YouGovParental rightsJun 2015 – Jun 3, 2015 own hypothetical reaction to a transgender child
If you had a child who told you he or she was transgender, would you be very upset, somewhat upset, not very upset, or not upset at all?
Wording notes: measures the negative pole only ('how upset'), with no supportive end to the scalegendered stem 'he or she'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very upset
- Upset
- Not very upset
- Not upset at all
- Unsure
YouGovSurveys of trans peopleJun 2015 – Jun 3, 2015 own hypothetical reaction to a transgender spouse
If your spouse told you he or she was transgender, would you be very upset, somewhat upset, not very upset, or not upset at all?
Wording notes: negative-pole-only scaleasked immediately after the equivalent child item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very upset
- Upset
- Not very upset
- Not upset at all
- Unsure
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagMay 2015 – May 31, 2015LGBT 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: Monthly AVA wave. PRRI publishes only the pooled annual AVA sample size and margin of error; per-wave n and MOE are not disclosed in the topline.
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 Huffington PostIdentity beliefsFeb 17–20, 2015 self-rated understanding of what being transgender means
How well do you feel you understand what it means for someone to identify as transgender?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Extremely well
- Very well
- Moderately well
- Not too well
- Not well at all
YouGovfor The Huffington PostContact & populationFeb 17–20, 2015 personally knowing a transgender person
Do you personally know someone who identifies as transgender?
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, me
- Yes, someone else
- No
- Not sure
YouGovfor The Huffington PostBathrooms & facilitiesFeb 17–20, 2015 access to sex-designated facilities matching gender identity
Do you think that transgender people should be allowed to use public restrooms, dressing rooms and locker rooms designated for a different gender than the one they were assigned at birth?
Wording notes: earliest US transgender facility-access item in this sweep, fielded more than a year before North Carolina HB2bundles restrooms, dressing rooms and locker rooms into one itemphrases access as using facilities 'designated for a different gender', which frames the trans person as the one crossing a line
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Gallupfor Healthways (Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index)Contact & populationJan 2015 – Dec 31, 2015combined 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
PRRINondiscriminationdata flagJan 2015 – Dec 31, 2015 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 2015 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
DJDan Jones & Associatesfor Idaho Politics Weekly (published by Zions Bank)NondiscriminationparaphrasedDec 2014 – Dec 31, 2014
adding sexual orientation and gender identity to Idaho's nondiscrimination law (the 'Add the Words' campaign)
Should it be against state law to discriminate against gays, lesbians and transgender people in housing, employment and business?
Wording notes: bundles three protected domains (housing, employment, business) into one itembundles sexual orientation and gender identity, so trans-specific opinion cannot be isolated
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, should be illegal
- No
- Don't know
Rasmussen ReportsNondiscriminationMay 10–11, 2014state gender-identity nondiscrimination law, unprimed
New laws in California and Maryland ban discrimination based on gender identity when it comes to employment, housing and public accommodations.
New laws in California and Maryland ban discrimination based on gender identity when it comes to employment, housing and public accommodations. Do you favor or oppose such a law in your state?
Wording notes: names two specific states as precedentlocalizes the policy to 'your state'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
CBS News/YouGovBathrooms & facilitiesMar 19–23, 2014school bathrooms and locker rooms for transgender students
Do you think school-aged children who believe they are transgendered - that is, someone who identifies themselves as the sex or gender different from the one they were born as - should they be allowed to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their preferred gender or should they have to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of the gender they were born as?
Wording notes: uses 'believe they are transgendered'uses the dated term 'transgendered''preferred gender' framing implies preference rather than identity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Preferred gender
- Born as
- Don't know/No Answer
Goucher PollNondiscriminationMar 2–6, 2014adding gender identity to Maryland's employment, housing and public accommodation anti-discrimination laws (Fairness for All Marylanders Act)
Finally, I'm going to ask you about some of the issues being discussed in Annapolis.
As you may have heard, the Maryland state legislature is considering a bill that would prohibit discrimination based on gender identity in matters of employment, housing, and public accommodation. This would mainly affect transgender individuals-people who self-identify as a gender different from their sex assigned at birth. That being said, do you [support or oppose] including gender identity in the state's anti-discrimination laws? PROBE
Base: Maryland residents aged 18 or older; half of interviews on cell phone and half on landline
Wording notes: supplies an explanatory definition of 'transgender individuals' before askingsupport/oppose order is bracketed and rotatedintensity captured by a follow-up probe rather than a read four-point scale
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly Oppose (p)
- Oppose
- Support
- Strongly Support (p)
- Don't Know (v)
- Refused (v)
FMFranklin & Marshall CollegeNondiscriminationdata flagJan 2014
state employment and housing nondiscrimination law covering gender identity
Would you favor or oppose a state law that makes it illegal to discriminate in employment or housing practices based on a person's sexual orientation or gender identity?
Wording notes: gender identity is bundled with sexual orientation in a single item, so trans-specific support cannot be separated
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Somewhat favor
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Do not know
Gallupfor Healthways (Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index)Contact & populationJan 2014 – Dec 31, 2014 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, so transgender prevalence cannot be recoveredasked at the end of a long tracking interview
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- No
- Don't know / refused
Williams Institute (UCLA)Contact & populationJan 2014 – Dec 31, 2014self-identification as transgender on the BRFSS optional gender identity module
If the interviewer is asked for a definition of transgender, they respond: Some people describe themselves as transgender when they experience a different gender identity from their sex at birth. For example, a person born into a male body, but who feels female or lives as a woman would be transgender. Some transgender people change their physical appearance so that it matches their internal gender identity. Some transgender people take hormones and some have surgery. A transgender person may be of any sexual orientation - straight, gay, lesbian, or bisexual.
Do you consider yourself to be transgender?
Identify as transgender
0.6%
Yes - consider self transgender
0.5%
- Sample
- 151,456 adults 18+ · not applicable in the usual sense - the report publishes Bayesian credible intervals around each state estimate
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US national and 50-state estimates, based on 19 states that fielded the BRFSS gender identity module
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: 151,456 BRFSS respondents in the 19 opt-in states answered the transgender question. The 19 states were Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Wording notes: single-item self-identification measure rather than the two-step sex-assigned-at-birth plus current-gender approachthe definition is read only on request, so respondents who do not ask may interpret 'transgender' differentlyasked by a live interviewer, which is known to depress disclosure relative to self-administered modes
Response options as the pollster wrote them
IRImpact Researchfor Third WaySportsparaphraseddata flag—
who should decide transgender youth sports participation
[Third Way describes the item as asking] who should be responsible for making decisions about transgender youth's participation in sports
Policymakers at the state or federal level (combined)
36%
Parents, doctors, or schools case-by-case (combined)
27%
Sports governing bodies like the NCAA
19%
State legislature
15%
Parents
11%
School districts or administrators
11%
Congress
8%
The Department of Education
7%
Governor
6%
Don't know
14%
- Sample
- 1,012 likely midterm voters · not disclosed
- Method
- unknown
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Part of a multi-round project that also included qualitative research; Third Way does not publish the qualitative group composition for this round.
Wording notes: question wording not published
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Sports governing bodies like the NCAA
- State legislature
- Governor
- Congress
- The Department of Education
- Parents
- School districts or administrators
- Doctors
- Don't know
IRImpact Researchfor Third WaySportsdata flag—
whether politicians or parents and schools should decide
The issue of transgender student-athletes is complicated and should not be up to politicians to decide. These decisions should be left to parents and schools who know the situation best. OR This is an important issue, and we need politicians to pass laws to protect non-transgender students from having to compete against someone of the opposite sex.
Complicated / should be left to parents and schools
51%
We need politicians to pass laws to protect non-transgender students
37%
- Sample
- 1,012 likely midterm voters · not disclosed
- Method
- unknown
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Part of a multi-round project that also included qualitative research; Third Way does not publish the qualitative group composition for this round.
Wording notes: restrictive statement uses 'someone of the opposite sex'affirming statement leads with 'complicated', which lowers the bar for choosing it
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Statement 1 (leave to parents and schools)
- Statement 2 (politicians should pass laws)
IRImpact Researchfor Third WayParental rightsdata flag—
parents of transgender youth vs. 'political correctness' framing
Parents of transgender youth should be able to make the decisions that are best for their children without politicians interfering. OR Because of political correctness, parents have no say when transgender youth join their kids' sports teams, even when the transgender person has a clear, unfair advantage.
Parents of transgender youth should be able to make the decisions that are best for their children
53%
Because of political correctness, parents have no say
34%
- Sample
- 1,012 likely midterm voters · not disclosed
- Method
- unknown
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Part of a multi-round project that also included qualitative research; Third Way does not publish the qualitative group composition for this round.
Wording notes: restrictive statement uses 'political correctness' and asserts 'a clear, unfair advantage' as fact
Response options as the pollster wrote them
IRImpact Researchfor Third WayPolitical salienceparaphraseddata flag—
vote effect of supporting a sports ban
[Third Way describes the item as asking] whether a candidate's support for laws banning transgender youth from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity would make them more or less likely to vote for that policymaker
Less likely to vote for a candidate who supports a sports ban
35%
More likely to vote for a candidate who supports a sports ban
34%
- Sample
- 1,012 likely midterm voters · not disclosed
- Method
- unknown
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Part of a multi-round project that also included qualitative research; Third Way does not publish the qualitative group composition for this round.
Wording notes: question wording not published
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More likely
- Less likely
- No impact
IRImpact Researchfor Third WayPolitical salienceparaphraseddata flag—
priority of LGBT-related laws relative to other issues
[Third Way describes the item as asking respondents to name first or second priorities among issues, including] laws related to gay and transgender people
Inflation as a priority
48%
Jobs and the economy as a priority
30%
Laws related to gay and transgender people as a first or second priority
3%
- Sample
- 1,012 likely midterm voters · not disclosed
- Method
- unknown
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Part of a multi-round project that also included qualitative research; Third Way does not publish the qualitative group composition for this round.
Wording notes: question wording and full issue list not publishedcombines gay and transgender issues into one item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Laws related to gay and transgender people
- Inflation
- Jobs and the economy
- other issues not enumerated in the memo
NORC (AmeriSpeak)Contact & populationdata flag—GSS variable SEXNOW - current gender (second half of the two-step measure); 2018 prevalence of transgender/alternative gender identification
What is your current gender?
Base: 1,409 respondents completed the self-administered questionnaire (SAQ) in which the two new gender-identity items were placed; the full 2018 GSS cross-section was larger
Wording notes: 'Transgender' offered as an alternative to 'Woman'/'Man' rather than as a cross-cutting status
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Woman
- Man
- Transgender
- A gender not listed here (please specify:__________________)