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Siena College Research InstituteParty & candidate handlingFeb 16–27, 2026whether Trump's executive order threatening federal funds over transgender women in women's sports is good or bad for sports
Now, for each of the following items, please indicate whether you believe it is good for sports or bad for sports. [ROTATE Q82 - Q92]
An executive order signed by U.S. President Trump which threatens to withhold federal funds from any educational institutions or athletic associations who allow transgender women to compete in women ́s sporting competitions
Good for sports
47%
Bad for sports
34%
Don't know / Refused
19%
- Sample
- 3,084 adults · credibility interval of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points; the pollster states statistical margins of error are not applicable to online polls
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: Q93-Q95 are a random split: roughly half the sample (Group A) was offered a 'Don't know' option and half (Group B) was not, so each arm rests on about 1,540 responses
Wording notes: evaluates a federal policy on a 'good for sports / bad for sports' dimension rather than approve/disapproverotated within an eleven-item battery of unrelated sports-business items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Good for sports
- Bad for sports
- Don't know / Refused
Siena College Research InstitutePolitical salienceFeb 16–27, 2026 how much thought respondents have given to transgender participation in sports (Group A, 'Don't know' offered)
Q93 - Q95 RANDOM SPLIT: Half of the sample (Group A) received "Don't know" as a response option. The other half (Group B) did not receive "Don't know" as a response option.
Turning to another issue in sports... How much thought have you given to the issue of whether transgender people should or should not be allowed to participate in organized sports with others that share their gender identity?
Base: Q93-Q95 are a random split: roughly half the sample (Group A) was offered a 'Don't know' option and half (Group B) was not, so each arm rests on about 1,540 responses
Wording notes: Group A arm of a designed don't-know split
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- Some
- Not very much
- None at all
- Don't know / Refused
Siena College Research InstituteSportsFeb 16–27, 2026 transgender high school students in high school sports (Group A, 'Don't know' offered)
Q93 - Q95 RANDOM SPLIT: Half of the sample (Group A) received "Don't know" as a response option. The other half (Group B) did not receive "Don't know" as a response option.
Thinking about transgender high school students, are you in favor of or opposed to transgender high school students being allowed to participate in organized high school sports with others that share their gender identity?
Base: Q93-Q95 are a random split: roughly half the sample (Group A) was offered a 'Don't know' option and half (Group B) was not, so each arm rests on about 1,540 responses
Wording notes: Group A arm: explicit don't-know offeredasks about inclusion, so 'in favor' is the affirming direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- In favor of
- Opposed to
- Don't know / Refused
Siena College Research InstituteSportsFeb 16–27, 2026 transgender athletes in college and professional sports (Group A, 'Don't know' offered)
Q93 - Q95 RANDOM SPLIT: Half of the sample (Group A) received "Don't know" as a response option. The other half (Group B) did not receive "Don't know" as a response option.
And now considering higher levels of competition including college and professional competition, are you in favor of or opposed to transgender athletes being allowed to compete in elite sports with others that share their gender identity?
Base: Q93-Q95 are a random split: roughly half the sample (Group A) was offered a 'Don't know' option and half (Group B) was not, so each arm rests on about 1,540 responses
Wording notes: Group A arm: explicit don't-know offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- In favor of
- Opposed to
- Don't know / Refused
Siena College Research InstituteSportsMay 12–15, 2025 statewide mandate vs. local control on transgender girls in girls' school sports
Which of the following views comes closest to your position regarding transgender girls and sports in schools:
All school districts should prohibit transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams
46%
All school districts should decide themselves whether or not to prohibit transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams
23%
All school districts should be required to allow transgender girls to play on girls sports teams
22%
Don't know/Refused
8%
- Sample
- 805 registered voters · +/- 4.3 percentage points, including design effects resulting from weighting
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US: New York
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 32 subgroup figures
Wording notes: offers an explicit local-control middle optionrestrictive option listed first in the crosstab ordering
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- All school districts should prohibit transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams
- All school districts should decide themselves whether or not to prohibit transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams
- All school districts should be required to allow transgender girls to play on girls sports teams
- Don't know/Refused
Siena College Research InstitutePolitical salienceJan 2025 how much thought respondents have given to transgender participation in sports (no-don't-know arm)
Turning to another issue in sports... How much thought have you given to the issue of whether transgender people should or should not be allowed to participate in organized sports with others that share their gender identity?
Base: figures recorded here are the no-don't-know (Group B) arm, the arm Siena carries forward as its trend line
Wording notes: no-don't-know arm
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- Some
- Not very much
- None at all
Siena College Research InstituteSportsJan 2025 transgender high school students in high school sports (no-don't-know arm)
Thinking about transgender high school students, are you in favor of or opposed to transgender high school students being allowed to participate in organized high school sports with others that share their gender identity?
Base: figures recorded here are the no-don't-know (Group B) arm, the arm Siena carries forward as its trend line
Wording notes: no-don't-know arm
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Siena College Research InstituteSportsJan 2025 transgender athletes in college and professional sports (no-don't-know arm)
And now considering higher levels of competition including college and professional competition, are you in favor of or opposed to transgender athletes being allowed to compete in elite sports with others that share their gender identity?
Base: figures recorded here are the no-don't-know (Group B) arm, the arm Siena carries forward as its trend line
Wording notes: no-don't-know arm
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Siena College Research InstituteNondiscriminationMay 13–15, 2024 state constitutional amendment to protect transgender rights, asked as an isolated item
[Q23-Q24 ROTATED]
Do you support or oppose adding an amendment to the State Constitution to protect transgender rights?
Wording notes: rotated with a parallel abortion-rights amendment itemmiddle category accepted only as volunteered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Vol: In the middle
- Don't know/Refused
Siena College Research InstituteNondiscriminationMay 13–15, 2024 vote intention on the New York State Equal Rights Amendment (2024 Proposal 1), described as covering both abortion and transgender rights
The proposed New York State E-R-A, the Equal Rights Amendment, would protect both abortion rights and transgender rights. If that amendment to the State Constitution is on the ballot in November would you vote yes or no?
Wording notes: bundles abortion rights and transgender rights in a single item, as the ballot measure itself did
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Yes
- No
- Vol: Won't vote on the amendment
- Don't know/Refused
Siena College Research InstituteSportsApr 15–17, 2024 requiring high school athletes to compete only with others of the sex they were assigned at birth
Now, I'm going to mention some proposals that are being discussed in Congress and some state legislatures. For each, I'd like you to tell me if you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose each of the proposals. {Q29-Q35 ROTATED]
Requiring high school athletes to only compete with others of the same sex that they were assigned at birth
Base: 517 respondents contacted through a dual-frame landline and cell phone mode (including 50 cell interviews initiated via text and completed through a furnished URL); 289 respondents drawn from a proprietary online panel (Cint)
Wording notes: item is a bare policy label with no counter-argument or opposing framedoes not use the word 'transgender' anywhere in the itemrestriction is the thing being supported, so 'support' is the restrictive directionasked within a rotated battery of seven unrelated proposals
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know/Refused
Siena College Research Institutefor Mississippi TodaySportsAug 20–28, 2023 perceived seriousness of trans athletes in girls' sports as a problem in Mississippi
How serious a problem do you think transgender athletes competing in girls' sports is in Mississippi?
Very serious
50%
Somewhat serious
20%
Not at all serious
12%
Not very serious
11%
Don't know/Refused
7%
Total Serious (net) 70%Total Not Serious (net) 23%
- Sample
- 650 likely voters · +/- 4.0 percentage points including the design effects resulting from weighting
- Method
- probability RDD
- Where
- US: Mississippi
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 49 subgroup figures
Base: all 650 respondents contacted through the dual-frame telephone mode (no online panel component in this wave, unlike the April 2023 wave)
Wording notes: presupposes the topic is a 'problem' and asks only how seriousno option to say it is not a problem at all other than 'not at all serious'uses 'girls' sports' rather than 'women's sports' or 'sports teams'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very serious
- Somewhat serious
- Not very serious
- Not at all serious
- Don't know/Refused
Siena College Research Institutefor Mississippi TodayParty & candidate handlingAug 20–28, 2023 which gubernatorial candidate would better handle trans athletes in girls' sports
Which of the two major gubernatorial candidates do you think will do a better job addressing the issue of transgender athletes competing in girls' sports in Mississippi?
Base: all 650 respondents contacted through the dual-frame telephone mode (no online panel component in this wave, unlike the April 2023 wave)
Wording notes: candidate-handling item; direction of the preferred policy is not specifiedasked immediately after a 'how serious a problem' item, which may prime concern
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Brandon Presley
- Tate Reeves
- Vol: Neither
- Don't know/No opinion
Siena College Research Institutefor Mississippi TodayYouth medical careApr 16–20, 2023 vote-determinative importance of maintaining Mississippi's ban on gender-affirming care for minors (2023 REAP Act)
Now consider some proposals that may be important in the upcoming election for Governor. For each, tell me whether you will only vote for a candidate that supports the initiative, or that you will only vote for a candidate that opposes the initiative, or that the initiative will not determine your vote choice.
Now consider some proposals that may be important in the upcoming election for Governor. For each, tell me whether you will only vote for a candidate that supports the initiative, or that you will only vote for a candidate that opposes the initiative, or that the initiative will not determine your vote choice. (ROTATE Q1-Q6) ... Q6. Maintaining the ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
Will only vote for a candidate that supports
35%
Will only vote for a candidate that opposes
31%
Candidate's position doesn't matter to my vote choice
16%
Won't be voting
4%
Don't know/No opinion
14%
- Sample
- 783 registered voters · +/- 4.3 percentage points including the design effects resulting from weighting
- Method
- mixed-mode probability
- Where
- US: Mississippi
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 35 subgroup figures
Base: 509 respondents contacted through a dual frame (landline and cell phone) mode; 274 respondents drawn from a proprietary online panel (Lucid)
Wording notes: measures vote-determinativeness, not policy supportstatus-quo framing ('maintaining the ban') rather than a support/oppose framing of the ban itselfitem rotated within a six-item battery
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Will only vote for a candidate that supports
- Will only vote for a candidate that opposes
- Candidate's position doesn't matter to my vote choice
- Don't know/No opinion
- Won't be voting