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13 questions from 2 polls

Monmouth UniversityIdentity beliefsAug 10–14, 2023
whether a person can be a gender different from sex assigned at birth

Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth OR Someone can be a man or a woman even if that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth?

Determined by sex assigned at birth
53%
Can be different from sex assigned at birth
36%
Don't know
10%
Sample
814 adults · ±5.4 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: New Jersey
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 3 subgroup figures
Wording notes: forced binary with no middle option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Determined by sex assigned at birth
  • Can be different from sex assigned at birth
  • Don't know
Monmouth UniversitySchool policyparaphrasedAug 10–14, 2023
requiring schools to notify parents when a student requests a different gender identification

Vignette about a middle or high school student requesting to be identified by a gender different from their sex assigned at birth (exact preamble not retrieved)

Should the school be required or not required to notify the parents that the student is requesting this?

Required
77%
Not required
21%
Don't know
2%
Sample
814 adults · ±5.4 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: New Jersey
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 3 subgroup figures
Wording notes: stem not fully retrieved
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Required
  • Not required
  • Don't know
Monmouth UniversitySchool policyAug 10–14, 2023
whether schools should tell parents even when not required

Even if the school is not required to notify the parents, do you think it is better if the school lets the parents know even if the student does not want them to know, or is it better if the school lets the parents and student deal with this on their own?

School lets the parents know
55%
Let parents and student deal with it on their own
41%
Don't know
4%
Sample
814 adults · ±5.4 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: New Jersey
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 2 subgroup figures
Wording notes: explicitly notes the student does not want the parents to know
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • School lets the parents know
  • School lets the parents and student deal with this on their own
  • Don't know
Monmouth UniversitySchool policyAug 10–14, 2023
teaching about gender expression in grades 1-5

Do you approve or disapprove of teaching students in grades 1 through 5 about the range of ways people express their gender?

Approve 22%75% Disapprove
Sample
814 adults · ±5.4 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: New Jersey
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 3 subgroup figures
Wording notes: grade-level series designed to locate the age threshold of acceptance
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Approve
  • Disapprove
  • Don't know
Monmouth UniversitySchool policyparaphrasedAug 10–14, 2023
teaching about gender expression in grades 6-8

Do you approve or disapprove of teaching students in grades 6 through 8 about the range of ways people express their gender?

Approve 42%53% Disapprove
Sample
814 adults · ±5.4 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: New Jersey
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 3 subgroup figures
Wording notes: grade-level series
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Approve
  • Disapprove
  • Don't know
Monmouth UniversitySchool policyparaphrasedAug 10–14, 2023
teaching about gender expression in grades 9-12

Do you approve or disapprove of teaching students in grades 9 through 12 about the range of ways people express their gender?

Approve 60%36% Disapprove
Sample
814 adults · ±5.4 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: New Jersey
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 3 subgroup figures
Wording notes: grade-level series
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Approve
  • Disapprove
  • Don't know
Monmouth UniversitySchool policyAug 10–14, 2023
which sex-ed class transgender students should attend

Should students who identify as transgender be able to attend the sex ed class for their current gender identity or should they be required to attend the sex ed class for the gender they were assigned at birth?

Gender assigned at birth
54%
Current gender identity
27%
Don't know
19%
Sample
814 adults · ±5.4 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: New Jersey
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: forced choice with no accommodation option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Sex ed class for current gender identity
  • Sex ed class for gender assigned at birth
  • Don't know
Monmouth UniversityBathrooms & facilitiesAug 10–14, 2023
school bathroom access for transgender students

Should students who identify as transgender be able to use the bathroom for their current gender identity or should they use the bathroom of the gender they were assigned at birth?

Gender assigned at birth
58%
Current gender identity
28%
Don't know
14%
Sample
814 adults · ±5.4 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: New Jersey
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: forced choice with no third option offered in the stem
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Bathroom for current gender identity
  • Bathroom of gender assigned at birth
  • Don't know
Monmouth UniversityBathrooms & facilitiesAug 10–14, 2023
gender-inclusive school bathrooms

Do you favor or oppose schools providing gender inclusive bathrooms that students of any gender can use?

Favor 55%38% Oppose
Sample
814 adults · ±5.4 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: New Jersey
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: offers the accommodation alternative that Q44 withheld - 55% favor versus 28% for identity-based access
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Favor
  • Oppose
  • Don't know
Monmouth UniversitySportsAug 10–14, 2023
transgender boys on school sports teams

Should a transgender boy be allowed to play on the boys team in line with their gender identity or should they have to play on the girls team in line with their assigned sex at birth?

Girls team (assigned sex at birth)
59%
Boys team (gender identity)
27%
Don't know
14%
Sample
814 adults · ±5.4 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: New Jersey
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: paired with a mirror-image item about transgender girls
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Boys team, in line with gender identity
  • Girls team, in line with assigned sex at birth
  • Don't know
Monmouth UniversitySportsAug 10–14, 2023
transgender girls on school sports teams

Should a transgender girl be allowed to play on the girls team in line with their gender identity or should they have to play on the boys team in line with their assigned sex at birth?

Boys team (assigned sex at birth)
64%
Girls team (gender identity)
23%
Don't know
13%
Sample
814 adults · ±5.4 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US: New Jersey
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: mirror-image of Q45A
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Girls team, in line with gender identity
  • Boys team, in line with assigned sex at birth
  • Don't know
Monmouth UniversityBathrooms & facilitiesAug 20–23, 2016
approve/disapprove of HB2

Do you approve or disapprove of H.B. 2 - the state law that prohibits local governments from allowing transgendered people to use the public restroom of their choice?

Approve 36%55% Disapprove
Sample
401 likely voters · ±4.9 percentage points
Method
probability RDD
Where
US: North Carolina
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 401 North Carolina likely voters drawn from registered voters

Wording notes: uses the dated and generally deprecated adjective 'transgendered'describes HB2 by its preemption effect rather than its birth-certificate mandate'restroom of their choice' rather than 'matching their gender identity'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Approve
  • Disapprove
  • No opinion
Monmouth UniversityBathrooms & facilitiesAug 20–23, 2016
effect of HB2 on North Carolina's national reputation

Regardless of whether you approve of the law do you think passing H.B. 2 has been good or bad for North Carolina's reputation nationally, or has it had no impact on the state's reputation?

Bad
70%
No impact
14%
Good
9%
Don't know
7%
Sample
401 likely voters · ±4.9 percentage points
Method
probability RDD
Where
US: North Carolina
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 401 North Carolina likely voters drawn from registered voters

Wording notes: explicitly decouples reputational judgment from approval of the law
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Good
  • Bad
  • No impact
  • Don't know

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