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SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19thPolitical salienceparaphrasedSep 8–15, 2025
whether politicians should focus on transgender issues at all - third fielding of the 19th/SurveyMonkey tracker
[Which should politicians focus on regarding transgender issues?] Politicians should not focus on transgender issues at all / Politicians should focus on protecting transgender individuals / Politicians should focus on restricting access to gender-affirming care
Politicians should not focus on transgender issues at all
40%
Politicians should focus on protecting transgender individuals
29%
Politicians should focus on restricting access to gender-affirming care
25%
- Sample
- 20,807 adults · modeled error estimate of plus or minus 1.0 percentage points
- Method
- river/intercept
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: the 'do not focus' option is a salience response competing against two directional policy optionsthe restrictive option is narrowed to gender-affirming care while the affirming option is broad
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Politicians should not focus on transgender issues at all
- Politicians should focus on protecting transgender individuals
- Politicians should focus on restricting access to gender-affirming care
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19thAdult medical careparaphrasedSep 8–15, 2025
support for the right of transgender adults and minors to access gender-affirming care
[Do you favor the right of transgender adults to access gender-affirming care? / the right of transgender minors to access gender-affirming care?]
Wording notes: framed as a 'right to access' rather than as legality or funding, which tends to raise support relative to funding-framed items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19thAdult medical careparaphrasedSep 8–15, 2025
right of transgender adults to access gender-affirming care
Right of transgender adults to access gender-affirming care
Wording notes: framed as a 'right'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19thYouth medical careparaphrasedSep 8–15, 2025
right of transgender minors to access gender-affirming care
Right of transgender minors to access gender-affirming care
Wording notes: framed as a 'right'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19thPolitical salienceparaphrasedSep 8–15, 2025
what politicians should do about transgender issues
Should politicians focus on transgender issues?
Politicians should not focus on transgender issues
40%
Focus on protecting transgender individuals
29%
Focus on restricting access to gender-affirming care
25%
- Sample
- 20,807 adults · modeled error estimate of plus or minus 1.0 percentage points
- Method
- river/intercept
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Wording notes: the restrictive option is specified narrowly as 'restricting access to gender-affirming care' rather than restriction generally
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Politicians should not focus on transgender issues
- Focus on protecting transgender individuals
- Focus on restricting access to gender-affirming care
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19thYouth medical careparaphrasedSep 8–15, 2025
trans minors; umbrella 'gender-affirming care'; ACCESS framing; asked in the same instrument as the parallel adult item, which is the point
[Do you believe] transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming care
Wording notes: ACCESS framing (support = permit)umbrella term with no treatment namedno age threshold beyond 'minors'paired within the instrument with an identically worded adult item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should have access
- Should not have access
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19thAdult medical careparaphrasedSep 8–15, 2025
transgender adults; umbrella 'gender-affirming care'; ACCESS framing; the comparison case for the minors item
[Do you believe] transgender adults should have access to gender-affirming care
Wording notes: ACCESS framingumbrella termadult patients
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Should have access
- Should not have access
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19thYouth medical careparaphrasedSep 8–15, 2025
transgender minors; whether LAWMAKERS should ban or restrict gender-affirming care - actor is the legislature, and 'ban or restrict' bundles two different severities
[Do you favor or oppose] lawmakers banning or restricting gender-affirming care for transgender minors
Wording notes: BAN framing (favor = restrict)'ban or restrict' is double-barreled - a respondent who would accept age limits but not a prohibition has no clean answerthe actor is named as lawmakers, which activates general distrust of legislative interventionfour-point scale with no midpoint, forcing a side
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Somewhat favor
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19thPolitical salienceparaphrasedSep 8–15, 2025
whether politicians know enough about transgender care to write laws about it
[Do you agree that] politicians don't know enough about transgender care to be writing laws on it
Wording notes: states a negative proposition and asks for assentno treatment or age namedrecorded here because it is the competence channel that ban-framed items pick up implicitly
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19th NewsPolitical salienceparaphrasedApr 11–21, 2025
whether politicians should focus on transgender issues at all, vs. protecting trans rights vs. restricting gender-affirming care
[Which should politicians focus on regarding transgender issues?] Politicians should not be focusing on transgender issues at all / Politicians should focus on protecting transgender people's rights / Politicians should focus on restricting access to gender-affirming care
Base: National sample of U.S. adults 18+, selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day.
Wording notes: the 'do not focus' option is a salience response competing against two directional policy options, so the three shares are not directly comparable quantitiesthe restrictive option is narrowed to gender-affirming care while the affirming option is broad ('rights'), an asymmetry that may inflate the affirming share
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Politicians should not be focusing on transgender issues at all
- Politicians should focus on protecting transgender people's rights
- Politicians should focus on restricting access to gender-affirming care
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19th NewsPolitical salienceparaphrasedApr 11–21, 2025
confidence that politicians are informed enough about gender-affirming care for minors to make fair policy
[Are politicians informed enough about gender-affirming care for transgender minors to make fair policy?]
Politicians are informed enough about gender-affirming care for transgender minors to make fair policy
31%
Politicians are informed enough
24%
Politicians are informed enough
24%
- Sample
- 5,032 adults · error estimate of plus or minus 1.5 percentage points (non-probability survey)
- Method
- river/intercept
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: National sample of U.S. adults 18+, selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day.
Wording notes: measures perceived competence of policymakers rather than policy preference
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Informed enough
- Not informed enough
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19th NewsYouth medical careparaphrasedApr 11–21, 2025
support for access to gender-affirming care, adults and youth, by respondent sex
[Do you support access to gender-affirming care for transgender adults? / for transgender youth?]
Base: National sample of U.S. adults 18+, selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day.
Wording notes: only the sex breakdown was published in the retrieved coverage; no total was reported for this wave
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19th NewsPolitical salienceparaphrasedApr 11–21, 2025
whether politicians should focus on transgender issues
Should politicians be focusing on transgender issues?
Politicians should not be focusing on transgender issues at all
49%
- Sample
- 5,032 adults · error estimate of plus or minus 1.5 percentage points (non-probability survey)
- Method
- river/intercept
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: National sample of U.S. adults 18+, selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day.
Wording notes: offers a 'should not focus at all' option, which competes with both directional options
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Politicians should not be focusing on transgender issues at all
- Focus on protecting transgender people
- Focus on restricting
- Not sure
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19th NewsPolitical salienceparaphrasedApr 11–21, 2025
what politicians should do about transgender issues
[Which should politicians focus on regarding transgender issues?] Politicians should not be focusing on transgender issues at all / Politicians should be protecting transgender rights / Politicians should be restricting transgender rights
Politicians should not be focusing on transgender issues at all
49%
Politicians should not be focusing on transgender issues at all
44%
Politicians should not be focusing on transgender issues at all
43%
- Sample
- 5,032 adults · error estimate of plus or minus 1.5 percentage points (non-probability survey)
- Method
- river/intercept
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 4 subgroup figures
Base: National sample of U.S. adults 18+, selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day.
Wording notes: a 'stop talking about it' option competes with both directional options
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Politicians should not be focusing on transgender issues at all
- Politicians should be protecting transgender rights
- Politicians should be restricting transgender rights
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19th NewsAdult medical careparaphrasedApr 11–21, 2025
support for transgender adults' access to gender-affirming care
[Do you support or oppose the right of transgender adults to access gender-affirming care?]
Base: National sample of U.S. adults 18+, selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day.
Wording notes: 'gender-affirming care' used without definition in the item as reported
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19th NewsYouth medical careparaphrasedApr 11–21, 2025
support for transgender youth access to gender-affirming care
[Do you support or oppose access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth?]
Base: National sample of U.S. adults 18+, selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day.
Wording notes: only the gender breakdown was published; no total was reported for the youth item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19th NewsYouth medical careparaphrasedAug 26, 2024 – Sep 4, 2024
split-sample arm A: the right of transgender minors to access gender-affirming care
Gender-affirming care for transgender minors includes any kind of care designed to support and affirm their gender identity, including therapy, consultations with doctors, hormones or puberty blockers, other medication, and, rarely, surgery.
[stem paraphrased by The 19th] the respondent's opinion on the right of transgender minors to have access to gender-affirming care
Oppose the right of transgender minors to access gender-affirming care
60%
- Sample
- 20,762 adults · error estimate of plus or minus 1.0 percentage point (non-probability survey)
- Method
- river/intercept
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: National sample of 20,762 U.S. adults 18+, selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day. Includes a transgender respondent subsample carrying its own weight.
Wording notes: split sample: asked of half the respondentsall respondents first read a definition of gender-affirming care that explicitly includes therapy and notes surgery is rareasks about a RIGHT, which is the arm that produces majority opposition
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19th NewsYouth medical careparaphrasedAug 26, 2024 – Sep 4, 2024
split-sample arm B: lawmakers banning or restricting gender-affirming care for minors
Gender-affirming care for transgender minors includes any kind of care designed to support and affirm their gender identity, including therapy, consultations with doctors, hormones or puberty blockers, other medication, and, rarely, surgery.
[stem paraphrased by The 19th] the respondent's opinion on lawmakers restricting gender-affirming care for transgender minors
Do not support lawmakers banning or restricting gender-affirming care for minors
54%
Thought lawmakers should focus on restricting such care
17%
- Sample
- 20,762 adults · error estimate of plus or minus 1.0 percentage point (non-probability survey)
- Method
- river/intercept
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 1 subgroup figure
Base: National sample of 20,762 U.S. adults 18+, selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day. Includes a transgender respondent subsample carrying its own weight.
Wording notes: split sample: asked of the other half of the respondentsasks about legislative action rather than about the underlying right, and flips the majority
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19th NewsAdult medical careparaphrasedAug 26, 2024 – Sep 4, 2024
the right of transgender adults to access gender-affirming care
[stem paraphrased by The 19th] the respondent's opinion on the right of transgender adults to access gender-affirming care
Support the right of transgender adults to access gender-affirming care
56%
- Sample
- 20,762 adults · error estimate of plus or minus 1.0 percentage point (non-probability survey)
- Method
- river/intercept
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: National sample of 20,762 U.S. adults 18+, selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day. Includes a transgender respondent subsample carrying its own weight.
Wording notes: the adult version draws majority support where the minor version draws majority opposition, within the same survey
Response options as the pollster wrote them
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor The 19th NewsPolitical salienceparaphrasedAug 26, 2024 – Sep 4, 2024
whether politicians are informed enough about gender-affirming care for minors
[stem paraphrased by The 19th] whether politicians are informed enough about gender-affirming care for minors to make fair policy
Politicians are NOT informed enough about gender-affirming care for minors to make fair policy
72%
Politicians are informed enough (complement, matching the 24 percent The 19th reported for this wave in its April 2025 story)
24%
- Sample
- 20,762 adults · error estimate of plus or minus 1.0 percentage point (non-probability survey)
- Method
- river/intercept
- Where
- US national
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record
Base: National sample of 20,762 U.S. adults 18+, selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day. Includes a transgender respondent subsample carrying its own weight.
Wording notes: asks about policymaker competence rather than about the policy
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Informed enough
- Not informed enough
SMSurveyMonkey/Momentivefor AxiosSportsparaphrasedJul 2021
how transgender athletes should compete at the Olympics
Do you think that transgender athletes should compete against...
Wording notes: offers an explicit 'not be allowed to compete at all' option, which most trans-athlete items omituses 'the gender they were assigned at birth' rather than 'birth sex'explicit Don't know option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Compete against others of the gender with which they identify
- Compete against others of the gender they were assigned at birth
- Not be allowed to compete
- Don't know