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CNNfor CNNPolitical salienceSep 16–17, 2026gender identity and trans people as a vote issue
How important will each of the following be to your vote for Congress this year? [ITEMS ARE ASKED IN RANDOM ORDER]
How important will each of the following be to your vote for Congress this year? Policies regarding gender identity and trans people
Not that important
32%
Extremely important
25%
Moderately important
22%
Very important
21%
- Sample
- 1,206 adults · +/-3.5 (total respondents); +/-4.1 (registered voters)
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: The importance-to-vote item (q01) was asked only of the registered-voter subsample, n=867, MOE +/-4.1; the party item (q02) was asked of all adults, n=1,206, MOE +/-3.5.
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Extremely important
- Very important
- Moderately important
- Not that important
- Don't know/Refused
CNNfor CNNParty & candidate handlingSep 16–17, 2026 which party's views on gender identity and trans people are closer
Which political party's views are closer to your own on each of the following issues? [ITEMS ASKED IN RANDOM ORDER] [DEM AND REP OPTIONS ROTATED IN ORDER FOR HALF/IN REVERSE ORDER FOR HALF]
Which political party's views are closer to your own on each of the following issues? Policies regarding gender identity and trans people
The Republican Party
37%
The Democratic Party
32%
Neither party
31%
Don't know/Undecided/Refused
0%
- Sample
- 1,206 adults · +/-3.5 (total respondents); +/-4.1 (registered voters)
- Method
- probability panel
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: The importance-to-vote item (q01) was asked only of the registered-voter subsample, n=867, MOE +/-4.1; the party item (q02) was asked of all adults, n=1,206, MOE +/-3.5.
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- The Democratic Party
- The Republican Party
- Neither party
- Don't know/Undecided/Refused
CNNPolitical salienceAug 21, 2025 – Sep 2025 personal importance of policies regarding gender identity and trans people
How important are each of the following issues to you personally?
How important are each of the following issues to you personally? / Policies regarding gender identity and trans people
Moderately important
24%
Not at all important
22%
Not that important
20%
Very important
17%
Extremely important
16%
Not that/Not at all important (NET) 43%Extremely/Very important (NET) 33%
- Sample
- 2,077 adults · ±2.7 percentage points for total respondents; ±4.2 for the sample of political independents
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 13 subgroup figures
Base: n=1,448 from the SSRS Opinion Panel and n=629 from a registration-based sample (509 fresh, 120 recontacted from April 2025). The design yielded 1,006 political independents, reported separately.
Wording notes: battery item asked alongside the economy, health care, democracy, crime, immigration, abortion, climate and redistrictingmeasures salience, not directionranked last of ten issues tested
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Extremely important
- Very important
- Moderately important
- Not that important
- Not at all important
- Don't know/Undecided/Refused
CNNParty & candidate handlingAug 21, 2025 – Sep 2025 which party's views on gender identity and trans policy are closer to the respondent's own
Which political party's views are closer to your own on each of the following issues? [ITEMS ASKED IN RANDOM ORDER] [DEM AND REP OPTIONS ROTATED IN ORDER FOR HALF/IN REVERSE ORDER FOR HALF]
Which political party's views are closer to your own on each of the following issues? / Policies regarding gender identity and trans people
Base: n=1,448 from the SSRS Opinion Panel and n=629 from a registration-based sample (509 fresh, 120 recontacted from April 2025). The design yielded 1,006 political independents, reported separately.
Wording notes: items randomized and party options rotatedexplicit 'neither party' option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- The Democratic Party
- The Republican Party
- Neither party
- Don't know/Refused
CNNGeneral acceptanceAug 21, 2025 – Sep 2025 whether society has gone too far in accepting different cultures, gender identities and sexual orientations
Over the past few years, there has been a political debate over American society's acceptance of different cultures, gender identities, sexual orientations, and other different backgrounds. Generally speaking, do you think American society (has gone too far) in accepting these differences, (has not gone far enough) in accepting them, or do you think the level of acceptance is about right? [RESPONSES 1-2 ROTATED IN ORDER FOR HALF/IN REVERSE ORDER FOR HALF]
Society has gone too far in accepting these differences
41%
Society has not gone far enough in accepting these differences
36%
Acceptance of these changes is about right
24%
- Sample
- 2,077 adults · ±2.7 percentage points for total respondents; ±4.2 for the sample of political independents
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 3 subgroup figures
Base: n=1,448 from the SSRS Opinion Panel and n=629 from a registration-based sample (509 fresh, 120 recontacted from April 2025). The design yielded 1,006 political independents, reported separately.
Wording notes: bundles gender identity with culture, sexual orientation and 'other different backgrounds' - not a trans-specific measuredirectional responses rotatedexplicit 'about right' middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Society has gone too far in accepting these differences
- Society has not gone far enough in accepting these differences
- Acceptance of these changes is about right
- No opinion
CNNPolitical salienceFeb 13–17, 2025 unprompted naming of Trump's transgender/LGBT policies as his most significant second-term action
Regardless of whether you approve or disapprove of Donald Trump, what do you think is the single most significant action he has taken in his second term so far?
Wording notes: fully open-ended - trans policy is respondent-generated, not promptedfielded roughly three weeks after the January 2025 executive orders on gender
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Open-ended, coded into categories including 'Policies toward transgender Americans/LGBT issues'
CNNMilitary serviceDec 14–17, 2017 whether transgender people should be allowed to serve
Do you think people who are transgender should or should not be allowed to serve in the U.S. military?
Wording notes: person-first construction 'people who are transgender'both poles explicitly stated
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should
- Should not
- Unsure/Refused
CNNfor CNNBathrooms & facilitiesApr 28, 2016 – May 2016 laws requiring facility use matching gender at birth
Overall, would you say you favor or oppose laws that require transgender individuals to use facilities that correspond to their gender at birth rather than their gender identity?
Base: 601 landline and 400 cell phone interviews; the sample also includes 890 registered voters (+/- 3.5 points)
Wording notes: uses 'gender at birth' contrasted with 'gender identity'asks about the restrictive law rather than about access
Response options as the pollster wrote them
CNNfor CNNNondiscriminationApr 28, 2016 – May 2016 equal-protection laws for transgender people in jobs, housing, public accommodations
Overall, do you favor or oppose laws that guarantee equal protection for transgender people in jobs, housing and public accommodations?
Base: 601 landline and 400 cell phone interviews; the sample also includes 890 registered voters (+/- 3.5 points)
Wording notes: 'guarantee equal protection' is a positively valenced framing
Response options as the pollster wrote them
CNNfor CNNContact & populationApr 28, 2016 – May 2016 knowing a transgender family member or close friend
Do you happen to have a family member or close friend who is transgender?
Base: 601 landline and 400 cell phone interviews; the sample also includes 890 registered voters (+/- 3.5 points)
Wording notes: restricts to family member or close friend, excluding coworkers and acquaintances
Response options as the pollster wrote them