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Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Political salienceAug 22, 2025 – Sep 2025importance of passing a birth-gender restroom requirement in the 2025 Texas special session
As you may know, Governor Greg Abbott recently called a special session of the Texas Legislature to address the following items.
As you may know, Governor Greg Abbott recently called a special session of the Texas Legislature to address the following items. Please tell us how important or unimportant you think it is for the Texas Legislature to address each of the following in a special session? Requiring people to use restrooms that match their birth gender in government and public school buildings.
Extremely important
36%
Not important
23%
Very important
16%
Somewhat important
9%
Not very important
9%
Don't know/No opinion
6%
- Sample
- 1,200 registered voters · plus or minus 2.83 percentage points (unweighted); plus or minus 3.25 percentage points (weighted)
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US: Texas
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)
Full record · 84 subgroup figures
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,627 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200.
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'measures legislative priority rather than support or oppositionitem embedded in a list of special-session agenda items
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Extremely important
- Very important
- Somewhat important
- Not very important
- Not important
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)General acceptanceAug 18–29, 2023 perceived level of discrimination against transgender people in the US
In your opinion, in the United States today, how much discrimination is there against...Transgender people.
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,329 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200.
Wording notes: asked as one item in a battery about discrimination against several groups
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot of discrimination
- Some
- Not very much
- None at all
- Don't know/no opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Youth medical careJun 2023 minors (no age threshold named); umbrella term 'gender-affirming care'; BAN framing directed at doctors; retrospective legislative framing
Below are some proposals that the Texas Legislature considered this year. Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following?
Below are some proposals that the Texas Legislature considered this year. Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following? Prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care to minors.
Wording notes: BAN framing (support = restrict)umbrella term, no treatment namedtargets doctorsthe stem now attributes the proposal to the Texas Legislature, adding an in-group/out-group partisan cue absent in Aprilno age threshold
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Political salienceApr 14–23, 2023 open-ended top legislative priority - transgender children/adults
Now, let's turn to the State of Texas.
As you probably know, the Texas Legislature is currently meeting in Austin for the 140-day legislative session held every other year. What do you think should be the legislature's top priority? [OPEN-ENDED]
Immigration / Border security
22%
Gun Control / Gun safety
11%
Education
7%
Transgender children / adults
0%
Don't know
14%
- Sample
- 1,200 registered voters · +/- 2.83% (3.39% adjusted for weighting) unless otherwise noted
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US: Texas
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,254 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: unaided open-ended; coded into 25 categories
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)SportsApr 14–23, 2023 requiring K-12 and college athletic participation to be based on biological sex
Next, we'd like you to evaluate some proposals being considered in the Texas Legislature this year.
Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following proposals for new laws: [GRID WITH RESPONSE OPTIONS "Strongly support", "Somewhat support", "Somewhat oppose", "Strongly oppose", "Don't know/No opinion] [RANDOMIZE A-P] - Requiring athletic participation to be based on biological sex in K-12 and higher education institutions in Texas
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,254 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: uses 'biological sex'does not name transgender people explicitlyone of 16 randomized proposals in a single grid
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)School policyApr 14–23, 2023 limiting teacher discussion of gender identity and/or sexual orientation
Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? [GRID WITH RESPONSE OPTIONS: "Will improve public education", "Will hurt public education", "Will have no impact on public education", "Don't know/No opinion] [RANDOMIZE A-H] - Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about gender identity and/or sexual orientation
Will improve public education
46%
Will hurt public education
30%
Will have no impact on public education
13%
Don't know/No opinion
11%
- Sample
- 1,200 registered voters · +/- 2.83% (3.39% adjusted for weighting) unless otherwise noted
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US: Texas
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,254 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: asks about predicted effect on schools rather than support/opposebundles gender identity with sexual orientation (double-barreled)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Will improve public education
- Will hurt public education
- Will have no impact on public education
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Identity beliefsApr 14–23, 2023 whether birth-certificate sex is the only way to define gender
Do you think that the sex listed on a person's original birth certificate should be the only way to define a person's gender?
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,254 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: binary yes/no on a contested definitional claimno middle option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Identity beliefsApr 2023 whether original birth certificate sex is the only way to define gender
the sex listed on a person's original birth certificate should be the only way to define gender
Wording notes: agree/disagree format is subject to acquiescence biasstates the restrictive position as the proposition
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Agree
- Disagree
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)SportsApr 2023 requiring athletic participation by biological sex in K-12 and higher education
Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following proposals for new laws:
Requiring athletic participation to be based on biological sex in K-12 and higher education institutions in Texas
Wording notes: uses 'biological sex'does not name transgender people explicitly
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Youth medical careApr 2023 prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care to minors
Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following proposals for new laws:
Prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care to minors
Wording notes: uses the affirming-side term 'gender-affirming care'no description of what the care consists of
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Drag & public expressionApr 2023 prohibiting drag performances in public in the presence of a minor
Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following proposals for new laws:
Prohibiting 'drag' performances, in which one gender presents as another, in public places in the presence of a minor
Wording notes: supplies a definition of drag ('in which one gender presents as another')scare quotes around 'drag'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)School policyApr 2023 limiting teacher discussion of gender identity/sexual orientation - effect on public education
Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about gender identity and/or sexual orientation
Wording notes: asks about perceived policy impact rather than support/opposedouble-barreled: bundles gender identity and sexual orientation
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Would improve the public education system
- Would hurt the public education system
- Would have no impact
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Youth medical careApr 2023 minors (no age threshold named); umbrella term 'gender-affirming care'; BAN framing directed at DOCTORS ('prohibiting doctors from providing')
Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following proposals for new laws:
Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following proposals for new laws: Prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care to minors.
Wording notes: BAN framing (support = restrict)uses the umbrella term 'gender-affirming care' with no treatment namedtargets doctors as the regulated party, which imports a criminal/professional-penalty flavourno age thresholdfour-point scale with an explicit don't-knowasked inside a battery of pending Texas legislative proposals
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Political salienceFeb 10–21, 2023 news attention to medical care for transgender children
How much have you heard in the news about each of the following: [RANDOMIZE]
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,336 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: battery item among nine Texas news topics
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- Some
- Not very much
- Nothing at all
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Political salienceFeb 10–21, 2023 importance of legislature addressing the treatment of transgender students
Below is a list of potential priorities for the legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is for the Texas Legislature to address each of the following during the current legislative session? [RANDOMIZE A-K]
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,336 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: battery item among ten K-12 priorities
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Extremely important
- Very important
- Somewhat important
- Not very important
- Not important
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Political salienceFeb 10–21, 2023 single top K-12 legislative priority
And which of the following should be the legislature's top priority for the K-12 public education system in Texas? [ONLY PRESENT THOSE RESPONSES FROM Q30A-Q30K SELECTED AS "Extremely important", "Very important", or "Somewhat important"]
School safety
29%
Teacher pay / teacher retention
21%
Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught)
17%
Parental rights
9%
Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation
8%
Public school financing
6%
Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements
5%
Expanding the number of charter schools
3%
The treatment of students who are transgender
1%
Public school library materials
1%
- Sample
- 1,200 registered voters · +/- 2.83% for registered voter sample
- Method
- online opt-in
- Where
- US: Texas
- Source
- Pollster release↗(opens another site)PDF, external
Full record
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,336 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: conditional follow-up shown only to respondents who rated the item at least somewhat important
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- School safety
- Teacher pay / teacher retention
- Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught)
- Parental rights
- Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other "school choice" legislation
- Public school financing
- Facilities and school infrastructure additions or improvements
- Expanding the number of charter schools
- Public school library materials
- The treatment of students who are transgender
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)General acceptanceFeb 10–21, 2023 whether Texas is becoming more or less accepting of transgender people
In your opinion, is Texas becoming more or less accepting of people who are transgender?
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,336 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: perception-of-trend item, not a preference item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- More accepting
- Less accepting
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)General acceptanceFeb 10–21, 2023 whether the perceived change in acceptance is good or bad
[ASK IF Q33A==1|2] And in your opinion, is [more/less] acceptance of people who are transgender good, bad, or don't you have an opinion?
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,336 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: piped wording - direction of the stem depends on the respondent's own Q33A answerresults reported separately within each Q33A branch, so neither column is a full-sample total
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Good
- Bad
- Don't have an opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Contact & populationFeb 10–21, 2023 personally knowing a transgender person
Do you personally know anyone who is transgender?
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,336 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)General acceptanceApr 14–22, 2022 perceived amount of discrimination against transgender people in the U.S.
Policy Questions
In your opinion, in the United States today, how much discrimination is there against...
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,355 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: battery item - 'Transgender people' is one of ten groups rated
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot of discrimination
- Some
- Not very much
- None at all
- Don't know/no opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)General acceptanceApr 14–22, 2022 which group faces the most discrimination - transgender people
In your opinion, which of the following groups faces the MOST discrimination in the United States today? [RANDOMIZE 1-10]
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,355 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: single-choice forced ranking across ten groups
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- African Americans
- Transgender people
- Whites
- Christians
- Gays and Lesbians
- Muslims
- Men
- Asians
- Hispanics
- Women
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Identity beliefsApr 14–22, 2022 whether birth-certificate sex is the only way to define gender
Do you think that the sex listed on a person's original birth certificate should be the only way to define a person's gender?
Base: YouGov interviewed 1,355 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: binary yes/no on a contested definitional claimno middle option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)General acceptanceJun 2020 perceived amount of discrimination against transgender people in the U.S.
In your opinion, in the United States today, how much discrimination is there against...
Wording notes: battery item - 'Transgender people' is one of ten groups rated
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot of discrimination
- Some
- Not very much
- None at all
- Don't know/no opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)General acceptanceJun 2020 which group faces the most discrimination - transgender people
In your opinion, which of the following groups faces the MOST discrimination in the United States today? [RANDOMIZE 1-10]
Wording notes: single-choice forced ranking across ten groups
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- African Americans
- Transgender people
- Whites
- Christians
- Gays and Lesbians
- Muslims
- Men
- Asians
- Hispanics
- Women
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)General acceptancedata flagFeb 2018 perceived amount of discrimination against transgender people in the U.S.
In your opinion, in the United States today, how much discrimination is there against...
Wording notes: battery item - 'Transgender people' is one of ten groups rated
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot of discrimination
- Some
- Not very much
- None at all
- Don't know/no opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)General acceptancedata flagFeb 2018 which group faces the most discrimination - transgender people
In your opinion, which of the following groups faces the MOST discrimination in the United States today? [RANDOMIZE 1-10]
Wording notes: single-choice forced ranking across ten groups
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- African Americans
- Transgender people
- Whites
- Christians
- Gays and Lesbians
- Muslims
- Men
- Asians
- Hispanics
- Women
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)for The Texas TribunePolitical salienceOct 6–15, 2017 importance of the Texas Legislature addressing restroom access after the 2017 special session
As you probably know, some Texas leaders prioritized restricting access to public restrooms for transgender people in the recently concluded legislative session.
As you probably know, some Texas leaders prioritized restricting access to public restrooms for transgender people in the recently concluded legislative session. How important do you think it is that the Texas Legislature address this issue?
Wording notes: preamble references the concluded special sessionmeasures salience, not direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very important
- Somewhat important
- Not very important
- Not at all important
- Don't know/no opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)for The Texas TribunePolitical salienceJun 2–11, 2017 importance of the Texas Legislature addressing restroom access for transgender people
As you probably know, state leaders and the Texas Legislature prioritized restricting access to public restrooms for transgender people.
As you probably know, state leaders and the Texas Legislature prioritized restricting access to public restrooms for transgender people. How important do you think it is that the Texas Legislature address this issue?
Wording notes: preamble states that leaders 'prioritized restricting access'measures salience, not direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very important
- Somewhat important
- Not very important
- Not at all important
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Political salienceFeb 3–10, 2017 importance of the Texas Legislature passing a law regulating transgender restroom access
How important do you think it is that the Texas Legislature pass a law regulating transgender access to public restrooms?
Base: 1,280 respondents interviewed, matched down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: measures priority, not direction - a respondent who opposes the law and one who is indifferent both land in 'not important''regulating transgender access' is the restrictive side's framing of SB 6
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very important
- Somewhat important
- Not very important
- Not at all important
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Bathrooms & facilitiesFeb 3–10, 2017 whether transgender people should have restroom access by birth gender or gender identity
Which of the following comes closer to your opinion? Transgender people should have access to public restrooms based on...
Base: 1,280 respondents interviewed, matched down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: very short options with no elaboration on either sideexplicit don't-know option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Their birth gender
- Their gender identity
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)for The Texas TribuneBathrooms & facilitiesFeb 3–12, 2017 whether transgender people should use restrooms matching birth gender or gender identity
Which of the following comes closer to your opinion? Transgender people should have access to public restrooms based on...
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'explicit don't-know offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Their birth gender
- Their gender identity
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)for The Texas TribunePolitical salienceFeb 3–12, 2017 importance of the Texas Legislature passing a bathroom bill
How important do you think it is that the Texas Legislature pass a law regulating transgender access to public restrooms?
Wording notes: measures salience, not direction of opinion
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Very important
- Somewhat important
- Not very important
- Not at all important
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)Bathrooms & facilitiesOct 14–23, 2016 whether transgender people should have restroom access by birth gender or gender identity
Which of the following comes closer to your opinion? Transgender people should have access to public restrooms based on...
Base: 1,377 respondents interviewed, matched down to a final sample of 1,200
Wording notes: very short options with no elaboration on either sideexplicit don't-know option offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Their birth gender
- Their gender identity
- Don't know/No opinion
Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)for The Texas TribuneBathrooms & facilitiesOct 2016 public restroom access by birth gender vs. gender identity
Which of the following comes closer to your opinion? Transgender people should have access to public restrooms based on...
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender'no middle option; explicit don't-know offered
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- their birth gender
- their gender identity
- Don't know/No opinion