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CBS News/YouGovYouth medical careJan 10–12, 2024preference for a GOP candidate who would ban gender-related surgeries for minors
In the Republican presidential primaries in 2024, would you prefer to vote for a Republican candidate who...
In the Republican presidential primaries in 2024, would you prefer to vote for a Republican candidate who... Ban surgeries that change a child's gender
Base: Full sample 2,870 U.S. adults; both items below were asked among likely Republican primary voters (weighted N=729 for the 'hear candidates talk about' item)
Wording notes: 'surgeries that change a child's gender' - describes a procedure that is rarely performed on minorsbinary yes/no with no 'don't know' offeredasked in a battery of candidate-attribute items including 'makes liberals angry' and 'challenges woke ideas'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
CBS News/YouGovPolitical salienceJan 10–12, 2024 how much GOP primary voters want candidates to talk about transgender issues in schools
How much do you want to hear the Republican candidates talk about...?
How much do you want to hear the Republican candidates talk about...? Transgender issues in schools
Base: Full sample 2,870 U.S. adults; both items below were asked among likely Republican primary voters (weighted N=729 for the 'hear candidates talk about' item)
Wording notes: measures desired campaign salience, not policy directionbattery item alongside the border, the economy, Israel-Hamas and the Trump/Hunter Biden indictments
Response options as the pollster wrote them
CBS News/YouGovPolitical salienceJun 7–10, 2023 importance to GOP primary voters that the 2024 nominee limit the rights of transgender people
How important is it that the 2024 Republican nominee...
How important is it that the 2024 Republican nominee... Limit rights of transgender people
Base: Full sample 2,480 U.S. adults; this item was asked among likely Republican primary voters (weighted N=588)
Wording notes: item explicitly framed as limiting rights, not as 'protecting' anythingbattery item alongside taxes, inflation, abortion, Ukraine and Russia items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very important
- Somewhat important
- Not important
CBS News/YouGovGeneral acceptanceMay 2–4, 2023 whether efforts to promote transgender rights are going too far
In the U.S. today, do you think efforts to promote the rights of transgender people are...
Wording notes: three-way with an explicit middle optionasked in parallel with an identically structured item about efforts to promote racial diversity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Going too far
- Not going far enough
- Are going about right so far
CBS News/YouGovSportsparaphrasedApr 27–29, 2023 which team transgender student athletes should play on
Transgender student athletes should play on a team that matches... their birth sex / the gender they consider themselves
Base: Included an oversample of self-identified Republicans
Wording notes: two-way forced choice with no middle option shown - results sum to 100
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Their birth sex
- The gender they consider themselves
CBS News/YouGovPolitical salienceApr 12–14, 2023 importance of 'issues of gender identity' as a national issue
How important are each of these issues in the U.S. today?
How important are each of these issues in the U.S. today? ... Issues of gender identity
Wording notes: battery item asked alongside abortion, inflation, the economy, race, guns, crime and immigrationmeasures salience, not direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very important
- Somewhat important
- Not very/not important
CBS News/YouGovSportsparaphrasedJun 11–14, 2021 which team transgender student athletes should play on
Transgender student athletes should play on a team that... matches their birth sex / matches the gender they consider themselves
Wording notes: two-way forced choice with no middle or 'don't know' shown - results sum to 100uses 'birth sex' and 'the gender they consider themselves'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Matches their birth sex
- Matches the gender they consider themselves
CBS News/YouGovGeneral acceptanceMay 29, 2020 – Jun 2, 2020 perceived amount of discrimination against transgender people
How much discrimination do you think there is against transgender people in society today?
Wording notes: asked in parallel with an identically worded item about gay, lesbian or bisexual people, enabling a direct comparison
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- Some
- Only a little
- None at all
- Unsure/No answer
CBS News/YouGovGeneral acceptanceMay 29, 2020 – Jun 2, 2020 perceived discrimination against transgender people in society today
How much discrimination do you think there is against each of these groups in society today: a lot, some, only a little, or none at all?
How much discrimination do you think there is against each of these groups in society today: a lot, some, only a little, or none at all? ... Transgender people
Wording notes: battery item - asked alongside a parallel item about gay, lesbian or bisexual people
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- Some
- Only a little
- None at all
- Unsure/No answer
CBS News/YouGovBathrooms & facilitiesMar 19–23, 2014 school 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