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13 questions from 7 polls

Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsParty & candidate handlingApr 17–20, 2026
which party would do a better job on transgender issues

Which political party -- the Democrats or the Republicans -- do you think would do a better job on each of the following? [IF EQUAL, ASK: If you had to say one way or the other...] [RANDOMIZE] ... Transgender issues

Democrats
56%
Republicans
43%
(Don't know)
1%
Sample
1,001 registered voters · ± 3 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 34 subgroup figures

Base: Live-interviewer landline (116) and cellphone (635); 250 completed online via a link received by text message

Wording notes: 'Transgender issues' is left undefined, so respondents supply their own referentthe IF EQUAL probe pushes undecideds into a two-party choice, suppressing the middle category
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Democrats
  • Republicans
  • (Equal)
  • (Don't know)
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsPolitical salienceApr 17–20, 2026
transgender issues named unprompted as the most important problem facing the country

What do you think is the most important issue facing the country today?

Wokeness / Transgender issues
0%
Sample
1,001 registered voters · ± 3 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: Live-interviewer landline (116) and cellphone (635); 250 completed online via a link received by text message

Wording notes: Fox's coding scheme collapses 'Wokeness' and 'Transgender issues' into a single category
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Open-ended; coded into categories including 'Wokeness / Transgender issues'
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsPolitical salienceApr 17–20, 2026
issue Democrats should talk about less

[ROTATE D/R AS PAIRS]

What do you think is the ONE issue that Democrats should talk about less? [RECORD VERBATIM] [ACCEPT AND CODE ONLY ONE ANSWER] [IF MULTIPLE, ASK: If you had to choose one...]

Transgender issues
11%
LGBTQ
4%
Gender
1%
Culture Issues NET 19%
Sample
1,001 registered voters · ± 3 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 4 subgroup figures

Base: Live-interviewer landline (116) and cellphone (635); 250 completed online via a link received by text message

Wording notes: presupposes there is an issue the party should talk about lessrotated as a pair with the parallel Republican item, which balances the pair
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Open-ended; coded, with a 'Culture Issues NET' containing 'Transgender issues', 'LGBTQ', 'DEI', 'Racism', 'Gender' and 'Wokeness'
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsPolitical salienceApr 17–20, 2026
issue Republicans should talk about less

What do you think is the ONE issue Republicans should talk about less? [RECORD VERBATIM] [ACCEPT AND CODE ONLY ONE ANSWER] [IF MULTIPLE, ASK: If you had to choose one...]

Transgender issues
5%
LGBTQ
1%
Culture Issues NET 9%
Sample
1,001 registered voters · ± 3 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record

Base: Live-interviewer landline (116) and cellphone (635); 250 completed online via a link received by text message

Wording notes: presupposes there is an issue the party should talk about lessrotated as a pair with the parallel Democratic item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Open-ended; coded, with a 'Culture Issues NET' containing 'Transgender issues', 'LGBTQ', 'Wokeness', 'DEI', 'Racism' and 'Gender'
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsParty & candidate handlingJan 23–26, 2026
which party would do a better job on transgender issues

Full battery stem as printed in the topline: 'Which political party -- the Democrats or the Republicans -- do you think would do a better job on each of the following? [IF EQUAL, ASK: If you had to say one way or the other...] [RANDOMIZE]'

Transgender issues: Which political party -- the Democrats or the Republicans -- do you think would do a better job on...

Democrats
60%
Republicans
38%
(Don't know)
2%
(Equal)
0%
Sample
registered voters · ± 3 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 30 subgroup figures

Base: Total margin of error printed on the crosstab column header is 3.0, consistent with roughly 1,000 registered voters

Wording notes: 'Transgender issues' is left undefined, so respondents supply their own referentthe IF EQUAL probe pushes undecideds into a two-party choice, suppressing the middle category
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Democrats
  • Republicans
  • (Equal)
  • (Don't know)
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsParty & candidate handlingdata flagNov 10–13, 2023
which party would do a better job on transgender issues

Which political party -- the Democrats or the Republicans -- do you think would do a better job on each of the following? [IF EQUAL, ASK: If you had to say one way or the other...] [RANDOMIZE] ... Transgender issues

Democrats
58%
Republicans
34%
(Don't know)
5%
(Equal)
3%
Sample
registered voters
Method
probability RDD
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Wording notes: 'Transgender issues' is left undefined, so respondents supply their own referentthe IF EQUAL probe pushes undecideds into a two-party choice, suppressing the middle category
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Democrats
  • Republicans
  • (Equal)
  • (Don't know)
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsPolitical saliencedata flagApr 21–24, 2023
transgender issues named unprompted as the most important problem facing the country

What do you think is the most important issue facing the country today? [DO NOT READ LIST. RECORD VERBATIM. ACCEPT ONLY ONE ANSWER]

Wokeness / Transgender issues
1%
Sample
1,004 registered voters · ± 3 percentage points
Method
probability RDD
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: Landline (138) and cellphone (866) interviews

Wording notes: Fox's coding scheme collapses 'Wokeness' and 'Transgender issues' into a single response category, so the trans-specific share cannot be isolated
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Open-ended; coded into categories including 'Wokeness / Transgender issues'
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsSchool policydata flagApr 21–24, 2023
whether 'overly accommodating transgender policies' in public schools is a problem

Changing topics ...

Thinking about public schools, how much of a problem is each of the following -- a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem? [RANDOMIZE] ... Overly accommodating transgender policies

Major problem
48%
Minor problem
26%
Not a problem
24%
(Don't know)
2%
Sample
1,004 registered voters · ± 3 percentage points
Method
probability RDD
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 1 subgroup figure

Base: Landline (138) and cellphone (866) interviews

Wording notes: presupposes that transgender school policies could be 'overly accommodating'no counterpart item asking whether schools are insufficiently accommodatingitem embedded in a battery of school 'problems'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Major problem
  • Minor problem
  • Not a problem
  • (Don't know)
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsPolitical saliencedata flagApr 21–24, 2023
families with transgender children being targets of political attacks

And in general, how much of a problem is each of the following -- a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem? [RANDOMIZE] ... Families with transgender children being targets of political attacks

Major problem
57%
Minor problem
26%
Not a problem
15%
(Don't know)
3%
Sample
1,004 registered voters · ± 3 percentage points
Method
probability RDD
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 1 subgroup figure

Base: Landline (138) and cellphone (866) interviews

Wording notes: characterizes the political environment as 'attacks', which is a contested characterizationpaired in the same randomized block with an item framed from the opposing direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Major problem
  • Minor problem
  • Not a problem
  • (Don't know)
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsSportsdata flagApr 21–24, 2023
transgender women and girls competing in women's sports

And in general, how much of a problem is each of the following -- a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem? [RANDOMIZE] ... Female transgender athletes competing in women's sports

Major problem
54%
Minor problem
27%
Not a problem
18%
(Don't know)
2%
Sample
1,004 registered voters · ± 3 percentage points
Method
probability RDD
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 1 subgroup figure

Base: Landline (138) and cellphone (866) interviews

Wording notes: frames trans athletes' participation as a candidate 'problem' rather than asking should/should notno level specified (youth, high school, college, professional)paired in the same randomized block with an item framed from the opposing direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Major problem
  • Minor problem
  • Not a problem
  • (Don't know)
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsSchool policyOct 9–12, 2022
whether 'overly accommodating transgender policies' in public schools is a problem

Thinking about public schools, would you say each of the following is a problem or not a problem?[RANDOMIZE] ... Overly accommodating transgender policies

Problem
60%
Not a problem
35%
(Don't know)
5%
Sample
registered voters
Method
probability RDD
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Wording notes: presupposes that transgender school policies could be 'overly accommodating'binary problem/not-a-problem scale with no intensity gradationno counterpart item asking whether schools are insufficiently accommodating
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Problem
  • Not a problem
  • (Don't know)
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsSchool policyApr 28, 2022 – May 2022
state laws banning teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity before fourth grade

Moving on...

Recently some states have proposed laws that ban teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity with students before the fourth grade. Would you favor or oppose this law in your state?

Favor 55%41% Oppose
Sample
1,003 registered voters · ± 3 percentage points
Method
probability RDD
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record · 7 subgroup figures

Base: Landline (135) and cellphone (868) interviews

Wording notes: describes the policy only by its age cutoff, not by its enforcement mechanism or private-right-of-action provisionsbundles sexual orientation and gender identity into one object (double-barreled)'discussing ... with students' is broader than the statutory text of the Florida law it references
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Favor
  • Oppose
  • (Don't know)
Fox News Pollfor Fox NewsSchool policydata flagOct 16–19, 2021
whether 'overly accommodating transgender policies' in public schools is a problem

Changing topics ...

Thinking about public schools, how much of a problem is each of the following -- a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem? [RANDOMIZE] ... Overly accommodating transgender policies

Major problem
44%
Minor problem
27%
Not a problem
26%
(Don't know)
3%
Sample
registered voters
Method
probability RDD
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Wording notes: presupposes that transgender school policies could be 'overly accommodating'no counterpart item asking whether schools are insufficiently accommodatingitem embedded in a battery of school 'problems', so every item is pre-framed as a candidate problem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Major problem
  • Minor problem
  • Not a problem
  • (Don't know)

Figures transcribed from public sources; each links to the original release. How to read this data →