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Civiqsfor Daily KosIdentity beliefsMar 11–14, 2023whether gender is fixed at birth or open to expression
Which of these statements comes closest to your view: [Gender is fixed and assigned at birth as either male or female / Gender is open to different expressions, and individuals should have the freedom to identify as something other than the gender assigned to them at birth / Neither / Something else or unsure]
Wording notes: offers 'Neither' and 'Something else or unsure' escape optionspaired statements of roughly equal length
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Gender is fixed at birth
- Gender is open to expression
- Neither
- Something else or unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosBooks & mediaMar 11–14, 2023 public libraries carrying books about gay and transgender people and history
Should public libraries in your area be allowed to carry books that include information about gay and transgender people and history?
Wording notes: 'allowed to carry' frames the restrictive position as prohibition
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Civiqsfor Daily KosBooks & mediaMar 11–14, 2023 school classroom and library books with LGBT characters
Do you believe that classrooms and libraries in your local school district should contain books with characters who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender?
Wording notes: offers an intermediate 'yes, but fewer' option that has no symmetric 'yes, but more' counterpart
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- Yes, but fewer than there are now
- No
- Unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosSchool policyMar 11–14, 2023 whether teachers may answer student questions about gay and transgender issues
Do you think teachers in public schools should be allowed to answer questions from students about gay and transgender issues?
Wording notes: student-initiated framing ('answer questions from students') rather than instruction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Civiqsfor Daily KosSchool policyMar 11–14, 2023 parental notification when a student uses a different gender identity at school
Do you think that teachers should be required to tell students' parents if their child is using a different gender identity at school?
Wording notes: offers 'it depends on the situation' as an explicit middle option'required to tell' tests a mandate, not permission
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, tell students' parents
- No, let it stay at school
- It depends on the situation
- Unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosAdult medical careMar 11–14, 2023 legal consequences for doctors answering patient questions about transgender concerns
Do you think doctors should be allowed to answer questions from patients about transgender concerns without the threat of legal consequences?
Wording notes: 'without the threat of legal consequences' supplies a consequence frame favorable to the permissive answer
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Civiqsfor Daily KosYouth medical careMar 11–14, 2023 physicians providing gender-affirming health care to transgender youth
Do you think physicians should be allowed to provide healthcare to transgender youth that recognizes and supports their gender identity?
Wording notes: 'recognizes and supports their gender identity' rather than naming specific interventionsno mention of puberty blockers, hormones or surgery
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Civiqsfor Daily KosParental rightsMar 11–14, 2023 parents' authority over transgender minors' care vs. government limits on treatment
Which of these statements comes closest to your view: [Parents of children who identify as transgender should be allowed to make the healthcare decisions for their kids that they think are best / There should be government limits on the types of treatment and care that doctors are allowed to provide to transgender kids / Neither / Something else or unsure]
Wording notes: restrictive side is labeled 'government limits'affirming side is framed as parental decision-making
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Health care should be up to parents
- Government should limit treatments
- Neither
- Something else or unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosPronouns & languageMar 11–14, 2023 right to use gender pronouns matching personal identity
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Everyone has the right to use the gender pronouns that match their personal identity."
Wording notes: agree/disagree format is subject to acquiescence bias'right to use' is a rights frameasks about the speaker's own pronouns, not compelled use by others
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Civiqsfor Daily KosPronouns & languageMar 11–14, 2023 right to use pronouns matching personal identity
Everyone has the right to use the gender pronouns that match their personal identity
Wording notes: framed as a universal 'right'agree/disagree single statement
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Civiqsfor Daily KosYouth medical careparaphrasedMar 11–14, 2023 whether physicians should provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth
Should physicians provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth?
Wording notes: frames the actor as physicians rather than as government or parents
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Civiqsfor Daily KosAdult medical careparaphrasedMar 11–14, 2023 whether doctors may answer patient questions about transgender health without legal consequences
Should doctors be able to freely answer questions about transgender health issues from their patients, without legal consequences?
Wording notes: 'without legal consequences' supplies a strong negative cue for the No option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Civiqsfor Daily KosSchool policyparaphrasedMar 11–14, 2023 whether schools should tell parents about a student's gender identity
Should a school tell a student's parents about the student's gender identity, or keep it private?
Wording notes: an explicit 'it depends' option is offered, which absorbs a quarter of responses
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Tell parents
- Keep it private
- It depends
- Not sure
Civiqsfor Daily KosAdult medical careMar 11–14, 2023 adult authority over their own medical decisions (context item for gender-affirming care battery)
Adults should always hold the ultimate authority over their own medical decisions
Wording notes: does not name transgender people; recorded because Civiqs fielded and reported it as the framing item for the gender-affirming care battery
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Civiqsfor Daily KosBooks & mediaJul 16–19, 2022 LGBT-inclusive books in local school classrooms and libraries
Do you believe that classrooms and libraries in your local school district should contain books with characters who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender?
Wording notes: offers an asymmetric middle option (Yes, but fewer than there are now) with no matching Yes, but morelocalized to your local school districtbundles transgender with gay, lesbian and bisexual characters
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- No
- Yes, but fewer than there are now
- Unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosAdult medical careJul 16–19, 2022 employer-paid out-of-state travel for gender-affirming care
Some states have restricted access to gender-affirming care for transgender individuals.
Some states have restricted access to gender-affirming care for transgender individuals. Do you support or oppose employers in those states offering paid travel expenses for workers seeking gender-affirming care for themselves or their children out of state?
Wording notes: double-barreled: bundles care for adult workers with care for their childrenasked in the same battery as a parallel post-Dobbs abortion-travel item, importing that framepreamble states the restriction as established fact
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosPolitical salienceApr 23–26, 2022 personal importance of issues involving transgender Americans
Are issues involving transgender Americans important to you?
Wording notes: direction of importance is not specified - a respondent hostile to trans rights and one supportive of them both answer very important
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, very important
- Yes, somewhat important
- No, not very important
- No, not important at all
- Unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosGeneral acceptanceApr 23–26, 2022 whether trans people face discrimination or seek special treatment
Which of the following statements comes closest to your view of transgender people in the United States today? [Transgender people are facing discrimination, harassment, and attacks on their rights / Transgender people already have equal rights and want to receive special treatment / Neither / Unsure]
Transgender people are facing discrimination, harassment, and attacks on their rights
43%
Transgender people already have equal rights and want to receive special treatment
41%
Neither
13%
Unsure
3%
- Sample
- 1,248 registered voters · +/- 2.8% at the 95% confidence level, accounting for the design effect
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 12 subgroup figures
Wording notes: special treatment is a hostile frame drawn from opposition rhetoricthe two statements are not logical complements - one describes treatment received, the other imputes motivestatements are of unequal length and specificity
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Transgender people are facing discrimination, harassment, and attacks on their rights
- Transgender people already have equal rights and want to receive special treatment
- Neither
- Unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosYouth medical careApr 23–26, 2022 whether state bans on youth gender-affirming care are helping or hurting
As you may know, there is legislation being passed or considered in many states
As you may know, there is legislation being passed or considered in many states that would prevent transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming medical care. Do you think this legislation is helping or hurting?
Wording notes: helping or hurting leaves the object ambiguous - helping whomAs you may know presumes awareness of the legislationdoes not name specific interventions
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Helping
- Hurting
- Neither helping nor hurting
- Unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosSportsApr 23–26, 2022 whether state bans on trans youth school sports participation are helping or hurting
As you may know, there is legislation being passed or considered in many states
As you may know, there is legislation being passed or considered in many states that would prevent transgender youth from participating on school sports teams that align with their gender identity. Do you think this legislation is helping or hurting?
Wording notes: helping or hurting leaves the object ambiguousAs you may know presumes awareness of the legislationdeliberately parallel to Q3 so the two policy areas can be compared on identical wording
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Helping
- Hurting
- Neither helping nor hurting
- Unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosBooks & mediaApr 23–26, 2022 LGBT-inclusive books in local school classrooms and libraries
Do you believe that classrooms and libraries in your local school district should contain books with characters who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender?
Wording notes: offers an asymmetric middle option (Yes, but fewer than there are now) with no matching Yes, but morelocalized to your local school districtbundles transgender with gay, lesbian and bisexual characters
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- No
- Yes, but fewer than there are now
- Unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosBooks & mediaJan 22–25, 2022 LGBT-inclusive books in local school classrooms and libraries
Do you believe that classrooms and libraries in your local school district should contain books with characters who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender?
Wording notes: offers an asymmetric middle option (Yes, but fewer than there are now) with no matching Yes, but morelocalized to your local school districtbundles transgender with gay, lesbian and bisexual characters
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- No
- Yes, but fewer than there are now
- Unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosMilitary serviceAug 28–31, 2021 approval of Biden repeal of the Trump-era transgender military ban
Item 14 in a battery rating specific actions taken by President Biden; adjacent items covered the bipartisan infrastructure bill (Q12), reversing Trump immigration and border policies (Q13), and the enhanced child tax credit (Q15).
Repealing the Trump-era ban on most transgender Americans serving in the U.S. military. Do you approve, disapprove, or is it something you do not care about?
Wording notes: attributes the ban to Trump, making the item partly a referendum on Trump as well as on the policyoffers an explicit not something I care about option, which lowers both approve and disapprovethe qualifier most transgender Americans reflects the ban's actual scope but softens it
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Approve
- Disapprove
- Not something I care about
- Unsure
Civiqsfor Daily KosYouth medical careJun 19–22, 2021 whether physicians may provide gender-affirming healthcare to transgender youth
Do you think physicians should be allowed to provide healthcare to transgender youth that recognizes and supports their gender identity?
Wording notes: frames the care as recognizing and supporting gender identity rather than naming specific interventionsno age floor specified within youthasks about physician permission rather than about the treatment itself
Response options as the pollster wrote them