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Daily Kos/Civiqs National Politics Survey, April 2022 · Apr 23–26, 2022 · US national
Methodology
- Pollster
- Civiqs independent
- Sponsor
- Daily Kos
- Commissioned by
- Daily Kos
- Fielded
- Apr 23–26, 2022
- Population
- registered voters
- Sample size
- 1,248
- Sample frame
- online opt-in
- Panel
- Civiqs research panel
- Mode
- online - selected members of the Civiqs research panel emailed a personalized survey link
- Margin of error
- +/- 2.8% at the 95% confidence level, accounting for the design effect
- Weighting
- weighted by age, race, gender, education, party identification, and region to be representative of the population of registered voters in the United States
- Geography
- US national
Sources
Verification note. Toplines and Democrat/Republican/Independent crosstabs read directly from the Civiqs/Daily Kos April 2022 banner book PDF (33 pp.), Q1-Q5, pages 3-4 and 6-13. This survey opens with a five-item transgender and LGBT block, the densest trans battery in the Daily Kos/Civiqs monthly series. Gender, age and region crosstab columns exist in the PDF but were column-scrambled by text extraction and are not transcribed here.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (5)
personal importance of issues involving transgender Americans
Are issues involving transgender Americans important to you?
No, not important at all
29%
Yes, very important
26%
Yes, somewhat important
26%
No, not very important
17%
Unsure
2%
Wording notes: direction of importance is not specified - a respondent hostile to trans rights and one supportive of them both answer very important
neutral — balanced four-point importance scale with symmetric yes/no stems; measures salience only, not direction
Subgroup figures (15)
whether trans people face discrimination or seek special treatment
Which of the following statements comes closest to your view of transgender people in the United States today? [Transgender people are facing discrimination, harassment, and attacks on their rights / Transgender people already have equal rights and want to receive special treatment / Neither / Unsure]
Transgender people are facing discrimination, harassment, and attacks on their rights
43%
Transgender people already have equal rights and want to receive special treatment
41%
Neither
13%
Unsure
3%
Wording notes: special treatment is a hostile frame drawn from opposition rhetoric | the two statements are not logical complements - one describes treatment received, the other imputes motive | statements are of unequal length and specificity
loaded_terms — want to receive special treatment imputes motive and imports a movement-conservative frame; the paired alternative describes conditions rather than motives, so the two options are not symmetric even though both are affirmatively stated
Subgroup figures (12)
whether state bans on youth gender-affirming care are helping or hurting
As you may know, there is legislation being passed or considered in many states
As you may know, there is legislation being passed or considered in many states that would prevent transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming medical care. Do you think this legislation is helping or hurting?
Hurting
48%
Helping
35%
Neither helping nor hurting
9%
Unsure
8%
Wording notes: helping or hurting leaves the object ambiguous - helping whom | As you may know presumes awareness of the legislation | does not name specific interventions
unclear — the helping/hurting frame is symmetric but leaves the referent unspecified, so respondents may be evaluating effects on trans youth, on children generally, or on the state; the ambiguity is the notable design feature rather than a directional tilt
Subgroup figures (12)
whether state bans on trans youth school sports participation are helping or hurting
As you may know, there is legislation being passed or considered in many states
As you may know, there is legislation being passed or considered in many states that would prevent transgender youth from participating on school sports teams that align with their gender identity. Do you think this legislation is helping or hurting?
Helping
45%
Hurting
36%
Neither helping nor hurting
7%
Unsure
11%
Wording notes: helping or hurting leaves the object ambiguous | As you may know presumes awareness of the legislation | deliberately parallel to Q3 so the two policy areas can be compared on identical wording
unclear — same ambiguity as Q3; the value of the pair is that wording is held constant across the two policy domains, isolating the domain effect - helping is 35% on medical care and 45% on sports in the same sample
Subgroup figures (12)
LGBT-inclusive books in local school classrooms and libraries
Do you believe that classrooms and libraries in your local school district should contain books with characters who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender?
Yes
48%
No
38%
Yes, but fewer than there are now
7%
Unsure
7%
Wording notes: offers an asymmetric middle option (Yes, but fewer than there are now) with no matching Yes, but more | localized to your local school district | bundles transgender with gay, lesbian and bisexual characters
tilts_restrictive — the only qualified option offered is a restrictive one (fewer than there are now); no expansive middle option is offered, so the response set is asymmetric
Subgroup figures (12)