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Winthrop PollNondiscriminationApr 4–12, 2025protection from discrimination in jobs, housing, public accommodations
Protect transgender individuals from discrimination in jobs, housing, and public spaces such as restaurants and stores.
Base: 1,546 weighted respondents, South Carolina adult residents
Wording notes: explicit neutral midpoint offeredpolicy stated in the affirming direction
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Neither favor nor oppose
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure/Refused
Winthrop PollBathrooms & facilitiesApr 4–12, 2025 requiring restroom use matching sex assigned at birth
Require transgender individuals to use public bathrooms that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with.
Base: 1,546 weighted respondents, South Carolina adult residents
Wording notes: uses 'sex they were assigned at birth' and 'gender they identify with' - both statedexplicit neutral midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Neither favor nor oppose
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure/Refused
Winthrop PollSchool policyApr 4–12, 2025 banning gender-identity instruction in elementary schools
Make it illegal for public school districts to teach about gender identity in elementary schools.
Base: 1,546 weighted respondents, South Carolina adult residents
Wording notes: 'make it illegal' framingexplicit neutral midpoint
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Neither favor nor oppose
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure/Refused
Winthrop PollSportsApr 4–12, 2025 requiring athletes to compete on teams matching sex assigned at birth
Require that transgender athletes compete on teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with.
Base: 1,546 weighted respondents, South Carolina adult residents
Wording notes: both alternatives named in the stemno level of competition specified
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Neither favor nor oppose
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure/Refused
Winthrop PollAdult medical careApr 4–12, 2025 requiring health insurers to cover gender transition care
Require health insurance companies to cover medical care for gender transitions.
Base: 1,546 weighted respondents, South Carolina adult residents
Wording notes: mandate framing ('require ... companies')no age specified
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Neither favor nor oppose
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure/Refused
Winthrop PollYouth medical careApr 4–12, 2025 criminalizing gender-transition care for under-18s
Make it illegal for health care professionals to provide someone younger than 18 with medical care for a gender transition.
Base: 1,546 weighted respondents, South Carolina adult residents
Wording notes: 'make it illegal' framingage threshold statedcare not itemized (blockers vs. hormones vs. surgery)
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Strongly favor
- Favor
- Neither favor nor oppose
- Oppose
- Strongly oppose
- Not sure/Refused
Winthrop PollGeneral acceptanceFeb 21, 2025 – Mar 5, 2025 perceived discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender people
In our society today, how much discrimination is there against
In our society today, how much discrimination is there against Gays, Lesbians, and Transgender people?
Base: 1,220 weighted respondents, South Carolina adult residents
Wording notes: bundles gay, lesbian and transgender people into a single group - transgender-specific attitudes cannot be separated outasked as one row in a multi-group discrimination battery
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- A lot
- Some
- Only a little
- None at all
Winthrop PollSportsMay 2023 requiring athletes to compete on teams matching sex assigned at birth
Would you favor or oppose laws or policies that require that transgender athletes compete on teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with?
Base: 1,051 unweighted South Carolina adults
Wording notes: both alternatives named in the stemno explicit neutral midpoint in the reported collapse
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Favor
- Oppose
- Not sure
- Prefer not to answer