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SRSurvey Research Centerfor News 88.7 / KHOU 11 NewsNondiscriminationDec 2015 – Dec 9, 2015
support for a hypothetical replacement HERO with gender identity removed
Would you support Houston Equal Rights Ordinance that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, race, national origin, age, military status, religion or disability, but would not include gender identity - that is not allow men who identify and dress as a woman to use a women's restroom?
Base: Registered voters in the City of Houston who voted in the November 2015 city election and who had already voted in, or were certain or very likely to vote in, the December 12 runoff.
Wording notes: equates removing gender identity with a restroom ruleopponent-side characterization of trans womenasks about a hypothetical ordinance that did not exist
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- For
- Against
- Don't Know
- Refused
SRSurvey Research Centerfor News 88.7 / KHOU 11 NewsNondiscriminationDec 2015 – Dec 9, 2015
recalled vote on Houston Proposition 1 (HERO), November 3 2015
How did you vote on the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance? Did you vote for or against the Equal Rights Ordinance that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, national origin, age, military status, religion, or disability?
Base: Registered voters in the City of Houston who voted in the November 2015 city election and who had already voted in, or were certain or very likely to vote in, the December 12 runoff.
Wording notes: retrospective vote recall, subject to the usual over-report of the winning side
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- For
- Against
- Don't Know
- Refused
SRSurvey Research Centerfor News 88.7 / KHOU 11 NewsNondiscriminationSep 25, 2015 – Oct 6, 2015
favor/oppose the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) as passed
Do you favor or oppose the Equal Rights Ordinance passed by the Houston City Council that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, national origin, age, military status, religion or disability?
Base: Registered voters in the City of Houston who reported they were either 'certain' or 'very likely' to vote in November 2015. The frame combined N=464 voters who had voted in two of the last three City of Houston municipal elections (2009, 2011, 2013) with N=103 registered voters who had not. HERO items are reported on a base of 565.
Wording notes: lists gender identity inside a multi-class enumeration rather than singling it outdoes not mention restrooms
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SRSurvey Research Centerfor News 88.7 / KHOU 11 NewsBathrooms & facilitiesSep 25, 2015 – Oct 6, 2015
persuasion probe: would HERO supporters still support it given the restroom argument
Would you still support the City of Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance if you knew that the ordinance allows a man who identifies and dresses as a woman to use a woman's restrooms?
Base: Registered voters in the City of Houston who reported they were either 'certain' or 'very likely' to vote in November 2015. The frame combined N=464 voters who had voted in two of the last three City of Houston municipal elections (2009, 2011, 2013) with N=103 registered voters who had not. HERO items are reported on a base of 565.
Wording notes: opponent-side framing adopted as fact ('allows a man who identifies and dresses as a woman')asked only of prior supportersone-sided probe with no matching counter-argument in the same item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Support
- Oppose
- Unsure
- Refused
SRSurvey Research Centerfor News 88.7 / KHOU 11 NewsBathrooms & facilitiesSep 25, 2015 – Oct 6, 2015
persuasion probe: $5,000 business fine framing
Would you still support the City of Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance if you knew that restaurants and any business open to the public can be fined $5,000 for refusing to allow a man who identifies and dresses as a woman to use the woman's restroom?
Base: Registered voters in the City of Houston who reported they were either 'certain' or 'very likely' to vote in November 2015. The frame combined N=464 voters who had voted in two of the last three City of Houston municipal elections (2009, 2011, 2013) with N=103 registered voters who had not. HERO items are reported on a base of 565.
Wording notes: opponent-side framing adopted as factmonetary penalty stated as certainasked only of prior supporters
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Support
- Oppose
- Unsure
- Refused
SRSurvey Research Centerfor News 88.7 / KHOU 11 NewsNondiscriminationSep 25, 2015 – Oct 6, 2015
persuasion probe: would HERO opponents still oppose given Super Bowl / Final Four withdrawal
Would you still oppose the City of Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance if you knew that the National Football League would withdraw the 2017 Super Bowl in Houston and the National College Athletic Association would withdraw playing the Final Four Basketball Tournament in Houston if the voters of Houston repealed the City's Equal Right Ordinance?
Base: Registered voters in the City of Houston who reported they were either 'certain' or 'very likely' to vote in November 2015. The frame combined N=464 voters who had voted in two of the last three City of Houston municipal elections (2009, 2011, 2013) with N=103 registered voters who had not. HERO items are reported on a base of 565.
Wording notes: supporter-side economic threat stated as certainasked only of prior opponentsmirror image of the restroom probe put to supporters
Response options as the pollster wrote them