Inquire LLCfor Buckley InstituteSportsSep 5–12, 2024
transgender college athletes competing in a league designated for a gender different from assigned sex at birth
Which of the following comes closer to your opinion on allowing transgender college athletes to participate in a sports league designated for a gender that is different from their assigned gender at birth?
This is an issue of fairness ... biological differences between men and women
62.7%
Transgender athletes should be able to participate in whichever gender class they feel more comfortable in
29.4%
Unsure
7.9%
- Sample
- 823 four-year, full-time undergraduate students under 25
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Region: East 18.0%, Midwest 21.0%, South 36.0%, West 25.0%
Wording notes: the restrictive option is a full argument ('this is an issue of fairness ... biological differences'), while the permissive option is a bare preference statementthe restrictive option preemptively inoculates the respondent ('while I may support transgender rights')
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Transgender athletes should be able to participate in whichever gender class they feel more comfortable in.
- This is an issue of fairness. And while I may support transgender rights, this disadvantages other athletes because there are biological differences between men and women.
- Unsure