EMEPIC-MRAfor Michigan Library AssociationBooks & mediaJun 6–15, 2025
whether books discussing gender identity should be banned from public libraries
For each of the following types of books, please tell me if you think they should always be banned, sometimes banned, or never banned? Books that include [ROTATE Q.19 THROUGH Q.23]
Books with discussions about sex, gender identity or sexual orientation?
Base: 46 regional oversamples were also completed in addition to the 800 statewide sample, to allow regional analysis with a minimum of 40 completes from each region; regional subsample errors run from +/-6.2 to +/-11.9 points
Wording notes: bundles 'sex' with 'gender identity or sexual orientation' in one itemasked as the last item in a rotated battery whose other items are political ideas, slavery, race, and criticism of U.S. history
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Always banned
- Sometimes banned
- Never banned
- Undecided/Refused
EMEPIC-MRAfor Michigan Library AssociationBooks & mediaJun 6–15, 2025
age-appropriate access to books discussing gender identity versus removal from public libraries
The next statements are.. [ROTATE STATEMENTS] Books that contain sexual content or discuss issues like gender identity and sexual orientation should AND Books that contain sexual content or discuss issues like gender identity and sexual orientation are tools for understanding complex issues, and young people should have access to them, but at an age-appropriate level.
Which statement do you agree with the most [ROTATE STATEMENTS] The one saying books containing sexual content or discuss sexual identity should not be in local public libraries OR, The one that local public libraries can provide age-appropriate access to books containing sexual and sexual orientation content?
Local public libraries can provide age-appropriate access to books containing sexual and sexual orientation content
77%
Books that contain sexual content or discuss issues like gender identity should not be in local public libraries
21%
Undecided/Refused
2%
- Sample
- 800 registered voters · +/- 3.5%
- Method
- unknown
- Where
- US: Michigan
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: 46 regional oversamples were also completed in addition to the 800 statewide sample, to allow regional analysis with a minimum of 40 completes from each region; regional subsample errors run from +/-6.2 to +/-11.9 points
Wording notes: the restrictive alternative is stated as a bare prohibition while the permissive alternative carries a justification ('tools for understanding complex issues')the read-out question text abbreviates 'gender identity and sexual orientation' to 'sexual identity', which is not the same construct as the statement it summarizes
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Books that contain sexual content or discuss issues like gender identity should not be in local public libraries
- Local public libraries can provide age-appropriate access to books containing sexual and sexual orientation content
- Undecided/Refused