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Vanderbilt PollPolitical salienceApr 19–23, 2023approval of the Tennessee legislature's handling of laws affecting the LGBTQ community, asked in the session that passed the drag and youth-care bans
How much do you (approve) or (disapprove) of the way the state legislature handles laws that affect the LGBTQ community in Tennessee? Do you: [OPTIONS READ IN ORDER FOR HALF / IN REVERSE ORDER FOR HALF]
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: names the 'LGBTQ community' rather than transgender people specifically, although the 2023 Tennessee session's LGBTQ bills were the drag restriction and the youth gender-affirming-care ban16% volunteered don't know, unusually high for this poll
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly approve
- Somewhat approve
- Somewhat disapprove
- Strongly disapprove
- (VOL.) DK
- (VOL.) REF
Vanderbilt PollDrag & public expressionApr 19–23, 2023 banning 'adult cabaret entertainment' and drag shows on public property or where a minor could see them - Tennessee's 2023 Adult Entertainment Act
Do you think "adult cabaret entertainment" and drag-shows should be banned on public properties or in locations where it could be viewed by a minor?
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: adopts the statute's own euphemism, 'adult cabaret entertainment', and equates it with drag shows in the same breathbundles the 'public property' restriction and the 'could be viewed by a minor' restriction into one yes/noyes/no with no intensity probe and no explicit 'should not be banned' alternative read out
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Vanderbilt PollAdult medical careApr 19–23, 2023 legislation restricting transgender Americans' access to health care (asked without an age limit)
Overall, do you (support) or (oppose) legislation that would place restrictions on transgender Americans' access to health care? [THEN PROBE: Do you (support/oppose) strongly or somewhat?] [OPTIONS IN PARENTHESES WERE ROTATED]
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: says 'transgender Americans' with no age qualifier, so it covers adults and minors together'restrictions on ... access to health care' does not say what would be restricted
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- (VOL.) DK
- (VOL.) REF
Vanderbilt PollAdult medical careparaphrasedApr 19–23, 2023 support or opposition to restricting transgender people's access to health care
[paraphrase] whether the respondent supports or opposes legislation that would restrict transgender individuals' access to health care
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: as reported the item does not distinguish adults from minors, which materially changes results in other polls
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Oppose restricting access
- Support restricting access
Vanderbilt PollDrag & public expressionparaphrasedApr 19–23, 2023 support for banning adult cabaret entertainment in public spaces
[paraphrase] whether the respondent supports bans on "adult cabaret entertainment" in public spaces
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: uses the statute's euphemism 'adult cabaret entertainment' rather than naming drag performancethe Tennessee law it tracks was widely understood as a drag ban
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Vanderbilt PollSportsNov 8–28, 2022 requiring middle- and high-school students to play on the team matching their sex at birth
Do you (support) or (oppose) requiring students to play on the team that matches their gender at the time of birth if they want to play in middle and high school sports? [OPTIONS IN PARENTHESES WERE ROTATED] [THEN PROBE: Do you (support/oppose) strongly or somewhat?]
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: does not use the word 'transgender'; the target group is identified only as students whose current team would not match 'their gender at the time of birth''gender at the time of birth' rather than 'sex assigned at birth'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- (VOL.) DK
- (VOL.) REF
Vanderbilt PollAdult medical careNov 8–28, 2022 legislation restricting transgender Americans' access to health care (asked without an age limit)
Overall, do you (support) or (oppose) legislation that would place restrictions on transgender Americans' access to health care? [OPTIONS IN PARENTHESES WERE ROTATED] [THEN PROBE: Do you (support/oppose) strongly or somewhat?]
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: says 'transgender Americans' with no age qualifier, so it covers adults and minors together'restrictions on ... access to health care' does not say what would be restricted
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- (VOL.) DK
- (VOL.) REF
Vanderbilt PollSportsApr 26, 2022 – May 14, 2022 requiring middle- and high-school students to play on the team matching their sex at birth
Do you (support) or (oppose) requiring students to play on the team that matches their gender at the time of birth if they want to play in middle and high school sports? [OPTIONS IN PARENTHESES WERE ROTATED] [THEN PROBE: Do you (support/oppose) strongly or somewhat?]
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: does not use the word 'transgender'; the target group is identified only as students whose current team would not match 'their gender at the time of birth''gender at the time of birth' rather than 'sex assigned at birth'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- (VOL.) DK
- (VOL.) REF
Vanderbilt PollAdult medical careApr 26, 2022 – May 14, 2022 legislation restricting transgender Americans' access to health care (asked without an age limit)
Overall, do you (support) or (oppose) legislation that would place restrictions on transgender Americans' access to health care? [OPTIONS IN PARENTHESES WERE ROTATED] [THEN PROBE: Do you (support/oppose) strongly or somewhat?]
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: says 'transgender Americans' with no age qualifier, so it covers adults and minors together'restrictions on ... access to health care' does not say what would be restricted
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- (VOL.) DK
- (VOL.) REF
Vanderbilt PollSportsMay 3–20, 2021 requiring middle- and high-school students to play on the team matching their sex at birth
Do you (support) or (oppose) requiring students to play on the team that matches their gender at the time of birth if they want to play in middle and high school sports? [OPTIONS IN PARENTHESES WERE ROTATED] [THEN PROBE: Do you (support/oppose) strongly or somewhat?]
Base: Several items were asked of a random half sample; the half-sample n is recorded on each question's results rows.
Wording notes: does not use the word 'transgender'; the target group is identified only as students whose current team would not match 'their gender at the time of birth''gender at the time of birth' rather than 'sex assigned at birth'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
- (VOL.) DK
- (VOL.) REF