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HarrisXfor Deseret NewsSchool policySep 20–23, 2024whether schools should teach children under 10 that gender can be declared
Do you think that schools should be explaining to young kids under 10 that gender is something that kids can declare, or should they not be teaching young kids that gender is something that they can declare?
Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38
Wording notes: 'gender is something that kids can declare' is not language any school curriculum uses; it is an opponent's characterizationno 'don't know' or middle option offered'young kids under 10' narrows the referent to the least sympathetic casethe affirming option is stated in the same loaded terms as the restrictive one, so respondents cannot endorse gender-identity instruction described neutrally
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should explain that gender is something kids can declare
- Should not be teaching young kids that gender is something kids can declare
HarrisXfor Deseret NewsSchool policySep 20–23, 2024 whether schools are too involved with teaching gender and race ideologies
Do you think that schools today are focused on teaching kids reading, writing, and arithmetic or are they too involved with teaching kids gender and race ideologies?
Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38
Wording notes: uses the pejorative 'ideologies' for gender and race instructionfalse dichotomy - the two options are not mutually exclusivebundles gender and race into a single object (double-barreled)no 'don't know' or 'both' option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Focusing on teaching kids reading, writing, and arithmetic
- Too involved with teaching kids gender and race ideologies
HarrisXfor Deseret NewsPronouns & languageSep 20–23, 2024 whether misgendering should be illegal
Should it be illegal to call someone by the wrong pronouns or not?
Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38
Wording notes: tests a policy that essentially no U.S. jurisdiction has enacted - criminalizing misgendering'illegal' implies criminal sanction rather than the civil/administrative remedies that actually existno 'don't know' option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should be illegal
- Should be legal
HarrisXfor Deseret NewsSchool policySep 20–23, 2024 whether teachers must use the name and pronouns chosen by parents or by students
Should teachers be required to refer to students by the name and pronouns their parents suggest and prefer, or by the name and pronouns students suggest and prefer?
Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38
Wording notes: constructs parents and students as necessarily in conflictdoes not mention age, so the same answer covers a 6-year-old and a 17-year-oldno 'don't know' option offered'suggest and prefer' softens what is at stake for the student
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- By the name and pronouns parents suggest and prefer
- By the name and pronouns students suggest and prefer
HarrisXfor Deseret NewsParental rightsSep 20–23, 2024 whether parents have a right to know if their child wants to transition
Do parents have a right to know if their children want to transition their gender or not?
Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38
Wording notes: framed as an abstract parental 'right' with no mention of the child's safety, age, or family circumstancesno 'depends' or 'don't know' option offeredthe opposing option is stated as denying parents a right, the least defensible way to phrase it
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Have a right to know
- Do not have a right to know
HarrisXfor Deseret NewsSchool policySep 20–23, 2024 mandatory school notification of parents when a student changes gender identification, pronouns or name
Do you think public schools should be required to notify parents if a student requests to change their gender identification, pronouns, or preferred name at school?
Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38
Wording notes: no mention of the possibility that notification could expose a student to harm at homeno 'don't know' option offeredasked immediately after the near-unanimous parental 'right to know' item, which anchors agreement
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, public schools should be required to notify parents
- No, public schools should not be required to notify parents
HarrisXfor Deseret NewsYouth medical careSep 20–23, 2024 whether minors should be able to access gender-transition drugs and surgery
Do you think that minors under the age of 18 should be able to get drugs and surgery that would change their gender on their own, should only be able to do so with parental consent, or should children never be able to receive these drugs/surgeries?
Children under 18 should never be able to get drugs and surgery that would change their gender
57%
Such drugs and surgeries should only be permitted with parental consent
31%
Children should be able to get drugs and surgery that would change their gender on their own without parental consent
12%
- Sample
- 1,011 registered voters · +/- 3.1 percentage points
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 9 subgroup figures
Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38
Wording notes: bundles puberty blockers, hormones and surgery into one undifferentiated 'drugs and surgery'surgery on minors is rare and generally restricted to older adolescents, so including it inflates the restrictive share'change their gender' rather than clinical terminologyno mention of medical evaluation, diagnosis, or physician involvement - the only gatekeeper offered is parental consentno 'don't know' option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Children should be able to get drugs and surgery that would change their gender on their own without parental consent
- Such drugs and surgeries should only be permitted with parental consent
- Children under 18 should never be able to get drugs and surgery that would change their gender
HarrisXfor Deseret NewsParental rightsSep 20–23, 2024 whether a parent's agreement with a child's gender identity should factor into custody decisions
In cases where courts are deciding custody and visitation agreements between parents and guardians, should whether a parent agrees with a child's gender identity be a factor in deciding the custody/ visitation rights?
Base: Party ID unweighted bases: Republican 366, Democrat 418, Independent 189, Other 38
Wording notes: direction is ambiguous - 'should be a factor' does not say which way it would cutno 'don't know' option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes, it should be a factor
- No, it should not be a factor