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36 questions from 9 polls

AP-NORCSportsOct 9–13, 2025
requiring trans youth to compete on teams matching sex assigned at birth

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Do you favor, neither favor nor oppose, or oppose each of the following? Requiring transgender children and teenagers to only compete on sports teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth not the gender they identify with

Favor 57%17% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 57%
Sample
1,289 adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (5.6 pts Democrats, 6.2 pts Republicans, 9.2 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,226 completed via the web and 63 by telephone; Hispanic adults oversampled (378 interviews, +/- 6.9 pts)

Wording notes: restrictive-direction stem: 'favor' is the restrictive answeruses 'sex they were assigned at birth' and 'the gender they identify with', both statedasked in a grid alongside mass deportation and tariffs
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKP/REF
AP-NORCPolitical salienceOct 9–13, 2025
confidence in the Supreme Court's handling of transgender issues

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED, HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

How much confidence do you have in the Supreme Court's handling of each the following issues? Transgender issues

Only a little
31%
A moderate amount
24%
A great deal
9%
None at all
34%
Skipped/refused
1%
Only a little/none at all (NET) 65%A great deal/a moderate amount (NET) 33%
Sample
1,289 adults · +/- 3.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (5.6 pts Democrats, 6.2 pts Republicans, 9.2 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,226 completed via the web and 63 by telephone; Hispanic adults oversampled (378 interviews, +/- 6.9 pts)

Wording notes: 'transgender issues' left undefined
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • A great deal
  • A moderate amount
  • Only a little
  • None at all
  • DK
  • SKP/REF
AP-NORCSportsMay 15–19, 2025
trans women/girls in professional women's sports

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED]

Do you think transgender girls and women should or should not be allowed to participate in each of the following girls and women's sports? Professional sports

Should not
73%
Should
26%
Skipped/refused
1%
Sample
1,122 adults · +/- 4.2 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.4 pts Republicans, 9.9 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: 1,033 completed via the web and 89 by telephone

Wording notes: no middle optionasks only about trans girls and women, not trans boys and men
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Should
  • Should not
  • DK
  • SKIP/REF
AP-NORCSportsMay 15–19, 2025
trans women/girls in college women's sports

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED]

Do you think transgender girls and women should or should not be allowed to participate in each of the following girls and women's sports? College sports

Should not
73%
Should
26%
Skipped/refused
1%
Sample
1,122 adults · +/- 4.2 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.4 pts Republicans, 9.9 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: 1,033 completed via the web and 89 by telephone

Wording notes: no middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Should
  • Should not
  • DK
  • SKIP/REF
AP-NORCSportsMay 15–19, 2025
trans women/girls in high school girls' sports

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED]

Do you think transgender girls and women should or should not be allowed to participate in each of the following girls and women's sports? High school sports

Should not
72%
Should
27%
Skipped/refused
1%
Sample
1,122 adults · +/- 4.2 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.4 pts Republicans, 9.9 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: 1,033 completed via the web and 89 by telephone

Wording notes: no middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Should
  • Should not
  • DK
  • SKIP/REF
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressParty & candidate handlingMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
Trump job approval on transgender issues

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling...? Transgender issues

Approve 171%222% Disapprove
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: asked in a randomized grid alongside the economy, immigration, and colleges/universities
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Approve
  • Disapprove
  • DK
  • SKP/REF
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressIdentity beliefsMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
whether gender is determined by biological characteristics at birth

[HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Which statement comes closer to your own views, even if neither is exactly right? Would you say:

Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by their biological characteristics at birth
68%
Someone can be a man or a woman even if that identity is different from their biological characteristics at birth
31%
Skipped/refused
1%
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 2 subgroup figures

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: uses 'biological characteristics at birth' rather than 'sex assigned at birth'no middle option offeredresponse order rotated across half samples
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by their biological characteristics at birth
  • Someone can be a man or a woman even if that identity is different from their biological characteristics at birth
  • DON'T KNOW
  • SKIPPED/REFUSED
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressAdult medical careMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
Medicare/Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care for adults 19 and older

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Do you favor, neither favor nor oppose, or oppose public health insurance programs, like Medicare or Medicaid covering gender-affirming medical treatment, such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, for the following? People age 19 and older who are transgender or nonbinary

Strongly oppose
53%
Strongly oppose
42%
Strongly oppose
42%
Neither favor nor oppose
23%
Neither favor nor oppose
23%
Strongly/somewhat oppose (NET) 66%Strongly/somewhat oppose (NET) 53%Strongly/somewhat oppose (NET) 53%Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 23%Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 23%
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 3 subgroup figures

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: offers an explicit middle 'neither favor nor oppose' optionthe illustrative treatments named ('puberty blockers and hormone therapy') are the same for the adult item as for the under-19 item, which is an odd fit for adults
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKIP/REF
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressMilitary serviceMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
allowing transgender people to serve in the military

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Do you favor, neither favor nor oppose, or oppose each of the following? Allowing transgender men and women to serve in the military

Favor 37%26% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 37%
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: explicit middle option depresses both favor and oppose relative to forced-choice trend questions asked by other pollsters
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKIP/REF
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressSchool policyMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
forced parental notification of a student's gender identity

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Do you favor, neither favor nor oppose, or oppose each of the following? Requiring public school teachers to report to parents if their children are identifying as transgender or nonbinary at school

Favor 43%28% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 43%
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: 'report to parents' framing; no counter-consideration (student safety, outing risk) supplied
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKIP/REF
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressYouth medical careMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
banning gender-affirming medical treatment for people under 19

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Do you favor, neither favor nor oppose, or oppose each of the following? Banning gender-affirming medical treatment, such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, for people under the age of 19

Favor 46%32% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 46%
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: ban framing: 'favor' is the restrictive response, the reverse polarity of the TRANS3 coverage itemsage cutoff of 19 rather than 18
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKIP/REF
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressBathrooms & facilitiesMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
transgender students' bathroom access in public schools

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Do you favor, neither favor nor oppose, or oppose each of the following? Allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity in public schools

Favor 22%55% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 22%
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: directly comparable in wording to the UChicago Harris/AP-NORC March 2022 SCHL4 item, but with an added 'in public schools' clause and a different scale layout
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKIP/REF
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressIdentity beliefsMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
whether sex/gender is determined by biological characteristics at birth

[HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Which statement comes closer to your own views, even if neither is exactly right? Would you say: Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by their biological characteristics at birth / Someone can be a man or a woman even if that identity is different from their biological characteristics at birth

Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by their biological characteristics at birth
68%
Someone can be a man or a woman even if that identity is different from their biological characteristics at birth
31%
Skipped/Refused
1%
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: no middle option offeredresponse-option order rotated across half samples, mitigating primacy effects
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by their biological characteristics at birth
  • Someone can be a man or a woman even if that identity is different from their biological characteristics at birth
  • DON'T KNOW
  • SKIPPED/REFUSED
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressMilitary serviceMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
four-item policy grid: military service, school parental notification, ban on care under 19, school bathrooms

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Do you favor, neither favor nor oppose, or oppose each of the following?

Favor 34%55% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 46%Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 43%Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 37%Strongly/somewhat oppose (NET) 32%Strongly/somewhat oppose (NET) 28%
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: explicit middle option, which absorbs a large share (18-36%) on every itemthe four rows are not directionally aligned - three are phrased as permissive ('allowing...') and one as restrictive ('banning...'), so 'favor' means the opposite thing across rowsthe military row is the mirror image of Trump's January 2025 executive order, and support for allowing service (37% favor / 26% oppose) exceeds opposition
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKIP/REF
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressMilitary serviceparaphrasedMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
allowing transgender people to serve in the military, measured with an explicit neutral option

Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose allowing transgender men and women to serve in the military?

Favor 37%26% Oppose
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: offers an explicit middle 'neither' category, which absorbs about a third of respondents and makes the topline non-comparable with Gallup's two-way forced choice
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Oppose
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressIdentity beliefsparaphrasedMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
whether being a man or woman is determined by sex assigned at birth

Do you think whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth?

Determined by sex assigned at birth
68%
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: AP framed the finding as agreement with President Trump's position, a framing that appears in the write-up rather than the item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Yes, determined by sex assigned at birth
  • No
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressBathrooms & facilitiesparaphrasedMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
transgender students' bathroom access in public schools

Do you favor or oppose allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity in public schools?

Oppose
55%
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Oppose
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressYouth medical careparaphrasedMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
banning gender-affirming care for under-19s regardless of payer

Do you favor or oppose banning gender-affirming medical treatment for people under the age of 19, no matter who is paying for it?

Favor a ban
46%
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Oppose
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressBathrooms & facilitiesMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
trans students using school bathrooms matching gender identity

Do you favor, neither favor nor oppose, or oppose each of the following? [GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity in public schools

Favor 22%55% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor NET 22%
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: explicit 'neither favor nor oppose' midpointgrid items randomizedresponse-option order rotated across half samples
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKIP/REF
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressYouth medical careMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
banning gender-affirming medical treatment for people under 19

Do you favor, neither favor nor oppose, or oppose each of the following? [GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Banning gender-affirming medical treatment, such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, for people under the age of 19

Favor 46%32% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor NET 46%
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: restrictive direction is the 'favor' polenames the treatments (puberty blockers, hormone therapy)explicit 'neither favor nor oppose' midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKIP/REF
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressMilitary serviceMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
trans people serving in the military

Do you favor, neither favor nor oppose, or oppose each of the following? [GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Allowing transgender men and women to serve in the military

Favor 37%26% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor NET 37%
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: explicit 'neither favor nor oppose' midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKIP/REF
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressSchool policyMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
mandatory parental notification when a student identifies as transgender at school

Do you favor, neither favor nor oppose, or oppose each of the following? [GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Requiring public school teachers to report to parents if their children are identifying as transgender or nonbinary at school

Favor 43%28% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor NET 43%
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: explicit 'neither favor nor oppose' midpointframes the duty as teachers reporting to parents
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKIP/REF
AP-NORCfor The Associated PressParty & candidate handlingMay 2025 – May 5, 2025
Trump approval on transgender issues

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling...?

Approve 52%46% Disapprove
Sample
1,175 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (6.1 pts Democrats, 6.3 pts Republicans, 9.8 pts independents)
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,101 completed via the web and 74 by telephone; 65 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: grid item labelled only 'Transgender issues' with no policy content
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Approve
  • Disapprove
  • DK
  • SKP/REF
AP-NORCfor AAPI Data / UC RiversideSportsApr 7–14, 2025
cutting federal funding for colleges that allow transgender athletes in women's sports

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED, HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose each of the following actions? Cutting federal funding for colleges and universities that allow transgender athletes in women's sports

Favor 31%44% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 31%
Sample
1,094 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults · +/- 4.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect
Method
probability panel
Where
US national (Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults)
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,092 completed via the web and 2 by telephone; 52 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: bundles the sports question with a federal funding sanction, so opposition can express either support for trans athletes or opposition to defunding as a toolasked in a grid with defunding over antisemitic speech, defunding over DEI programs, and arresting or deporting campus protestersgrid items randomized; half sample shown response options in reverse order
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKP/REF
AP-NORCSchool policyJan 9–13, 2025
eliminating Title IX protections for transgender students

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED, HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Would you favor, neither favor nor oppose, or oppose each of the following government policies? Eliminating protections for transgender students under Title IX, the federal law that prohibits any high school or college that receives federal funds from discriminating on the basis of gender

Strongly favor
17%
Somewhat favor
12%
Neither favor nor oppose
25%
Skipped/refused
1%
Strongly/somewhat oppose (NET) 45%Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 29%
Sample
1,147 adults · not read from the topline in this session
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: stem explains what Title IX does, which supplies a pro-protection framerestrictive-direction stem: 'favor' is the restrictive answerasked in a battery of eight incoming-Trump-administration policies
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKP/REF
AP-NORCfor AAPI Data / UC RiversideAdult medical careFeb 5–14, 2024
access to gender-affirming care: Gender-affirming counseling or therapy for adults aged 18 and older

[HALF OF RESPONDENTS SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose transgender and non-binary people having access to each of the following under medical supervision? Gender-affirming counseling or therapy for adults aged 18 and older

Favor 57%17% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 56%
Sample
1,172 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults · +/- 3.9 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect
Method
probability panel
Where
US national (Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults)
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: 1,168 completed via the web and 4 by telephone; 40 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: 'under medical supervision' clause supplies a safeguard cueexplicit middle optionhalf sample shown response options in reverse order
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKP/REF
AP-NORCfor AAPI Data / UC RiversideAdult medical careFeb 5–14, 2024
insurance coverage of transgender-related medical care: Coverage by private health insurance companies

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF OF RESPONDENTS SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose each of the following covering transgender-related medical care? Coverage by private health insurance companies

Favor 50%18% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 50%
Sample
1,172 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults · +/- 3.9 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect
Method
probability panel
Where
US national (Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults)
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: 1,168 completed via the web and 4 by telephone; 40 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: grid items randomized; half sample shown response options in reverse order'transgender-related medical care' is not defined in this item, though the preceding GENDERCARE battery had just described specific treatments
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKP/REF
AP-NORCfor AAPI Data / UC RiversideAdult medical careFeb 5–14, 2024
insurance coverage of transgender-related medical care: Coverage by public health insurance programs for adults like Medicare, Medicaid or Tricare

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF OF RESPONDENTS SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose each of the following covering transgender-related medical care? Coverage by public health insurance programs for adults like Medicare, Medicaid or Tricare

Favor 46%28% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 45%
Sample
1,172 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults · +/- 3.9 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect
Method
probability panel
Where
US national (Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults)
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: 1,168 completed via the web and 4 by telephone; 40 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: grid items randomized; half sample shown response options in reverse order'transgender-related medical care' is not defined in this item, though the preceding GENDERCARE battery had just described specific treatments
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKP/REF
AP-NORCfor AAPI Data / UC RiversideYouth medical careFeb 5–14, 2024
insurance coverage of transgender-related medical care: Coverage by state public health insurance programs for minors under the age of 18

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF OF RESPONDENTS SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose each of the following covering transgender-related medical care? Coverage by state public health insurance programs for minors under the age of 18

Favor 41%32% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 42%
Sample
1,172 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults · +/- 3.9 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect
Method
probability panel
Where
US national (Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults)
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: 1,168 completed via the web and 4 by telephone; 40 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: grid items randomized; half sample shown response options in reverse order'transgender-related medical care' is not defined in this item, though the preceding GENDERCARE battery had just described specific treatments
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKP/REF
AP-NORCfor AAPI Data / UC RiversideAdult medical careFeb 5–14, 2024
perceived ease of access to gender-affirming care in one's community

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF OF RESPONDENTS SHOWN RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Thinking about people's ability to access each of the following, do you generally think it is: too easy or too difficult for people in your community to get these services, or is people's access to these services about right? Gender affirming medical care for transgender and non-binary people

About right
38%
Too difficult
37%
Too easy
21%
Skipped/refused
3%
Sample
1,172 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults · +/- 3.9 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect
Method
probability panel
Where
US national (Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults)
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: 1,168 completed via the web and 4 by telephone; 40 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: asked in a grid with family planning, abortion, and prenatal care, which frames gender-affirming care as a reproductive-health service'too easy' is an unusual construction for a health-access item and imports the restrictionist premise as one polegrid items randomized; half sample shown response options in reverse order
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Too easy
  • Too difficult
  • About right
  • DK
  • SKP/REF
AP-NORCfor AAPI Data / UC RiversideContact & populationFeb 5–14, 2024
personally knowing a transgender or non-binary person

Aside from acquaintances, do you personally know anyone who is transgender or non-binary? Please select all that apply.

No
57%
Yes, someone else
33%
Yes, a close friend
8%
Yes, a family member
5%
Yes, I am
2%
Sample
1,172 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults · +/- 3.9 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect
Method
probability panel
Where
US national (Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults)
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: 1,168 completed via the web and 4 by telephone; 40 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: includes a 'Yes, I am' self-identification option inside a contact question'aside from acquaintances' narrows the definition of knowing someone
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • No
  • Yes, I am
  • Yes, a close friend
  • Yes, a family member
  • Yes, someone else
AP-NORCfor University of ChicagoPronouns & languageSep 7–11, 2023
whether transgender people can freely speak their minds on campus

[HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

To what extent can the following groups freely speak their minds on college and university campuses in the United States today? Transgender people

A lot
35%
Some
31%
Only a little
19%
Not at all
12%
Skipped/refused
2%
Don't know
1%
A lot/some (NET) 66%Only a little/not at all (NET) 31%
Sample
1,095 adults · +/- 3.97 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,060 completed via the web and 35 by telephone; 50 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: asked in a twelve-item grid alongside liberals, conservatives, professors, students, guest speakers, four racial groups, gay and lesbian people, and straight peopletransgender people are rated lowest of all twelve groups on this item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • A lot
  • Some
  • Only a little
  • Not at all
  • DK
  • SKP/REF
AP-NORCfor University of ChicagoGeneral acceptanceSep 7–11, 2023
whether colleges provide a respectful and inclusive environment for transgender people

[HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

In general, do you think that colleges and universities do a good job, a bad job, or neither a good job nor a bad job at providing a respectful and inclusive environment for each of the following groups? Transgender people

Somewhat good job
21%
Very good job
17%
Somewhat bad job
12%
Very bad job
11%
Neither a good job nor a bad job
36%
Skipped/refused
2%
Don't know
1%
Very/somewhat good job (NET) 38%Very/somewhat bad job (NET) 23%
Sample
1,095 adults · +/- 3.97 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 1,060 completed via the web and 35 by telephone; 50 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: twelve-group comparison gridexplicit neutral midpointtransgender people receive the lowest 'good job' share and the highest 'very bad job' share of the twelve groups
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Very good job
  • Somewhat good job
  • Neither a good job nor a bad job
  • Somewhat bad job
  • Very bad job
  • DK
  • SKP/REF
AP-NORCfor University of Chicago Harris School of Public PolicyBathrooms & facilitiesMar 17–21, 2022
transgender students' bathroom access in K-12 public schools

[GRID ITEMS RANDOMIZED; HALF SAMPLE ASKED RESPONSE OPTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER]

Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose each of the following as it relates to K-12 public schools? Allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity

Favor 30%41% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 30%
Sample
1,030 adults · +/- 4.0 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect
Method
probability panel
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 965 completed via the web and 65 via telephone; 38 interviews removed in quality-assurance checks prior to weighting

Wording notes: asked in a grid with COVID vaccine mandates, school police, school renaming, and book restrictions
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKP/REF
AP-NORCfor MTVNondiscriminationSep 2021 – Sep 19, 2021
prohibiting workplace discrimination based on gender identity

[ITEMS RANDOMIZED]

Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose each of the following? Prohibiting workplace discrimination on the basis of gender identity

Favor 59%14% Oppose
Strongly/somewhat favor (NET) 59%
Sample
3,764 people age 13 to 56 (teens and adults) · +/- 3.3 percentage points for the combined sample at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (+/- 4.3 pts for the AmeriSpeak probability portion alone)
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: Probability portion: 939 AmeriSpeak adults age 18-56 and 488 AmeriSpeak Teen panelists age 13-17. Nonprobability portion: 2,337 Dynata opt-in interviews (1,170 age 13-17 and 1,167 age 18-56). Teens age 13-17 included, so this is not an adults-only sample.

Wording notes: asked in a grid with defunding police, UBI, vaccine mandates, border security, and an assault-weapons ban
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly favor
  • Somewhat favor
  • Neither favor nor oppose
  • Somewhat oppose
  • Strongly oppose
  • DK
  • SKP/REF
AP-NORCfor MTVGeneral acceptanceSep 2021 – Sep 19, 2021
positive/negative view of transgender people as a group

[ITEMS RANDOMIZED]

Would you say you have a positive, negative, or neither positive nor negative view of each of the following groups? Transgender people

Very positive
23%
Somewhat positive
14%
Somewhat negative
12%
Very negative
9%
Neither positive nor negative
41%
Very/somewhat positive (NET) 38%Somewhat/very negative (NET) 21%
Sample
3,764 people age 13 to 56 (teens and adults) · +/- 3.3 percentage points for the combined sample at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect (+/- 4.3 pts for the AmeriSpeak probability portion alone)
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: Probability portion: 939 AmeriSpeak adults age 18-56 and 488 AmeriSpeak Teen panelists age 13-17. Nonprobability portion: 2,337 Dynata opt-in interviews (1,170 age 13-17 and 1,167 age 18-56). Teens age 13-17 included, so this is not an adults-only sample.

Wording notes: asked in a randomized grid alongside feminists, Republicans, Democrats, political independents, gay or lesbian people, and vaccinated/unvaccinated people
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Very positive
  • Somewhat positive
  • Neither positive nor negative
  • Somewhat negative
  • Very negative
  • DK
  • SKP/REF

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