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CygnalSchool policyFeb 3–4, 2026grade level, if any, at which public schools should begin teaching about gender identity
At what age, if any, do you think public schools should begin teaching children about gender identity as distinct from biological sex?
Wording notes: 'if any' plus an explicit 'should not be taught' option makes exclusion one of the named alternatives rather than a refusalthe phrase 'as distinct from biological sex' embeds a contested premise about the relationship between the two into the stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Kindergarten through 2nd grade
- 3rd through 5th grade
- 6th through 8th grade
- High school only
- Should not be taught in public schools
- Unsure
CygnalIdentity beliefsSep 2–3, 2025 whether being transgender is a mental illness or a natural variation of human identity
Do you believe being transgender is best described as a mental illness or as a natural variation of human identity?
Definitely being transgender is a mental illness
28.9%
Definitely being transgender is a natural variation of human identity
27.3%
Probably being transgender is a natural variation of human identity
17.1%
Probably being transgender is a mental illness
13.5%
Unsure
13.2%
Being transgender is a natural variation of human identity (total) 44.4%Being transgender is a mental illness (total) 42.4%
- Sample
- 1,500 likely voters · ±2.51%
- Method
- unknown
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 26 subgroup figures
Wording notes: offers 'mental illness' as one of only two substantive characterizations, which presents a pathologizing frame as an ordinary side of a two-sided debatethe deck slide title uses 'Transgenderism', a coinage used almost exclusively by opponentsno 'neither' option; respondents who reject both framings can only answer Unsure
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Definitely being transgender is a mental illness
- Probably being transgender is a mental illness
- Probably being transgender is a natural variation of human identity
- Definitely being transgender is a natural variation of human identity
- Unsure
CygnalPolitical salienceDec 9–11, 2024 whether cultural/social issues (transgender named among the examples) or economic issues drove the 2024 presidential vote
When deciding who to vote for in the 2024 presidential election, which was more important to you: cultural and social issues (e.g. immigration, free speech, abortion, transgender) or economic issues (e.g. jobs, inflation, cost of living, taxes)?
Both were equally important
39.1%
Economic issues were far more important
25.9%
Cultural and social issues were far more important
13.4%
Economic issues were somewhat more important
9.5%
Cultural and social issues were somewhat more important
6.9%
Neither played an important role in my decision
3.7%
Unsure
1.6%
Economic issues (total) 35.4%Cultural issues (total) 20.2%
- Sample
- 1,500 likely voters · ±2.52%
- Method
- unknown
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 13 subgroup figures
Wording notes: 'transgender' appears as a bare noun in an example list rather than as a policytransgender is grouped with immigration, free speech and abortion, which flattens very different salience levels
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Cultural and social issues were far more important
- Cultural and social issues were somewhat more important
- Both were equally important
- Economic issues were somewhat more important
- Economic issues were far more important
- Neither played an important role in my decision
- Unsure
CygnalNondiscriminationMay 6–8, 2024 whether Title IX should cover transgender women ('biological men who identify as women')
As you may know, Title IX is a landmark federal civil rights law enacted in the 1970s that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex and covers a wide range of areas including academic admissions, athletics, sexual harassment and employment. For decades, Title IX has been vital in opening doors for generations of women and girls.
The Biden Administration recently changed Title IX rules without a vote of Congress. Their updated rules require colleges and universities to grant biological men who identify as women the same rights as biological women. Knowing this, do you agree or disagree that Title IX should apply to biological men who identify as women?
Wording notes: preamble frames Title IX as having 'been vital in opening doors for generations of women and girls' before the trans item, priming a zero-sum reading'biological men who identify as women' is the restrictive-side term of art and is the only descriptor offered'without a vote of Congress' characterizes the rule change as procedurally illegitimateno counter-argument offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Unsure
CygnalNondiscriminationMay 6–8, 2024 state laws barring trans women from female sports and women's bathrooms
Some states are passing laws that prohibit biological men from participating in female sports or using women's bathrooms. Some critics say that biological men who identify as women should have the same non-discrimination protections from Title IX that biological women receive. Knowing this, do you agree or disagree that states should be able to pass laws that maintain protections for solely for biological women?
Wording notes: double-barreled: bundles sports and bathrooms into one itemthe opposing view is attributed to unnamed 'critics' while the restrictive view is stated in the pollster's own voice as 'maintain[ing] protections''biological men' used for trans women throughoutcontains a typographical error ('for solely for') in the fielded wording
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Unsure
CygnalBathrooms & facilitiesApr 11–12, 2024 Oklahoma school bathroom law requiring use of facilities matching sex assigned at birth
Do you support or oppose the Oklahoma law which requires students to use the bathroom of their gender assigned at birth?
Wording notes: names the policy as an existing state law, which invites status-quo endorsementuses 'gender assigned at birth' rather than 'birth sex'slide is titled 'Transgender Bathroom Law' though the fielded item never says transgender
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Neither support nor oppose
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Unsure