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DHM Panel Oregon - Gender Issues, April 2023 · Apr 25–30, 2023 · US: Oregon

Methodology

Pollster: DHM Research independent
Sponsor: DHM Research
Fielded: Apr 25–30, 2023
Population: registered voters
Sample size: 500
Sample frame: online opt-in
Panel: DHM Panel (professionally maintained online panel)
Mode: online survey administered through a professionally maintained online panel, with questionnaire pre-testing and data validation
Margin of error: +/- 4.4%
Weighting: demographic quotas set in field; data weighted by area of state, age, gender, race, education and political party affiliation to match the profile of Oregon registered voters
Geography: US: Oregon
Base notes: Q60 and Q61 are a split-sample pair, each asked of roughly half the sample (about 250 respondents per split, so the effective margin of error on those two items is roughly +/- 6 points)

Sources

Verification note. All ten items read verbatim from the DHM Panel Oregon April 2023 topline PDF (project #00836); every percentage, including the gender and party-registration columns, parsed from the matching crosstabs PDF banner (columns Total / Man / Woman / Dem / Rep / NAV-Other). DHM states the wording of these items matches a 2022 Pew Research Center study so Oregon can be benchmarked against national figures. A third linked file, DHM-Panel-Oregon_Gender-Identity_May-2023.pdf, is the slide presentation of the same data.

Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.

Questions asked (10)

Identity beliefsforced choicein a trend series

whether gender is determined by sex assigned at birth

GENDER

Which statement comes closer to your views, even if neither is exactly right?

Someone can be a man or a woman even if that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth

46%

Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth

45%

Don't know

Wording notes: explicitly wraps the forced choice in 'even if neither is exactly right' | wording deliberately replicates a 2022 Pew Research Center item so Oregon can be compared to the nation

neutral — two symmetric statements with an explicit escape clause and a don't-know option; borrowed verbatim from a benchmarked national instrument

Subgroup figures (15)

party

Group	Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth	Someone can be a man or a woman even if that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth	Don't know
Democrat (registration)	26%	68%	6%
Republican (registration)	83%	13%	5%
Not affiliated / other party	39%	49%	12%

gender

Group	Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth	Someone can be a man or a woman even if that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth	Don't know
Man	53%	37%	10%
Woman	39%	54%	7%

General acceptanceforced choicein a trend series

whether society has gone too far or not far enough in accepting transgender people

Which of the following statements comes closest to your view?

Our society has gone too far in accepting people who are transgender

38%

Our society has not gone far enough in accepting people who are transgender

35%

Our society has been about right when it comes to accepting people who are transgender

18%

Don't know

Wording notes: 'about right' is offered as an explicit third option rather than volunteered | wording replicates a 2022 Pew Research Center item

neutral — the two directional options are symmetric and a genuine midpoint is read out; framing is inherited from a benchmarked national instrument

Subgroup figures (20)

party

Group	Our society has gone too far in accepting people who are transgender	Our society has not gone far enough in accepting people who are transgender	Our society has been about right when it comes to accepting people who are transgender	Don't know
Democrat (registration)	21%	51%	19%	9%
Republican (registration)	72%	7%	10%	11%
Not affiliated / other party	33%	39%	22%	5%

gender

Group	Our society has gone too far in accepting people who are transgender	Our society has not gone far enough in accepting people who are transgender	Our society has been about right when it comes to accepting people who are transgender	Don't know
Man	46%	30%	15%	9%
Woman	33%	39%	22%	7%

Nondiscriminationsupport/opposein a trend series

state protection of transgender people from discrimination in jobs, housing and public accommodations

Here are some current laws and policies that are either in place or being considered in Oregon related to transgender issues. Would you support or oppose laws or policies that do each of the following? (Randomize)

Protect transgender individuals from discrimination in jobs, housing, and public spaces such as restaurants and stores

48%

30%

10%

Support 78%18% Oppose

Wording notes: the only affirming-direction item in the battery; the other seven are phrased as restrictions

neutral — plain description of the policy's coverage with a balanced support/oppose scale

Subgroup figures (35)

party

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Democrat (registration)	91%	67%	24%	8%	5%	3%	1%
Republican (registration)	57%	19%	38%	37%	15%	21%	6%
Not affiliated / other party	79%	50%	29%	16%	7%	9%	5%

gender

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Man	74%	40%	34%	21%	9%	12%	5%
Woman	81%	54%	26%	16%	7%	8%	4%

Bathrooms & facilitiessupport/opposein a trend series

requiring transgender people to use public bathrooms 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

27%

18%

13%

19%

24%

Support 45%42% Oppose

Wording notes: states both halves of the contrast ('not the gender they identify with') | support is the restrictive direction

neutral — the restriction is stated completely, including what it displaces; no argument is supplied for either side

Subgroup figures (35)

party

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Democrat (registration)	28%	11%	17%	60%	31%	29%	12%
Republican (registration)	78%	59%	19%	13%	5%	8%	9%
Not affiliated / other party	40%	21%	18%	44%	17%	28%	16%

gender

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Man	50%	31%	19%	39%	19%	20%	11%
Woman	42%	24%	18%	43%	18%	25%	15%

School policysupport/opposein a trend series

banning instruction about gender identity in public elementary schools

Make it illegal for public school districts to teach about gender identity in elementary schools

35%

11%

13%

34%

Support 46%47% Oppose

Wording notes: 'make it illegal' is a strong verb for a curriculum restriction | support is the restrictive direction

neutral — 'make it illegal' is the actual legal mechanism such bills use rather than an editorializing intensifier, and the scale is balanced

Subgroup figures (35)

party

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Democrat (registration)	27%	13%	15%	68%	16%	51%	5%
Republican (registration)	76%	67%	9%	16%	6%	10%	7%
Not affiliated / other party	44%	34%	10%	48%	15%	33%	8%

gender

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Man	50%	39%	12%	43%	14%	30%	6%
Woman	44%	32%	12%	48%	13%	36%	7%

Sportssupport/opposein a trend series

requiring transgender 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

45%

15%

13%

12%

14%

Support 61%27% Oppose

Wording notes: states both halves of the contrast | no age or competition level specified | support is the restrictive direction

neutral — symmetric to the bathroom item and states what the requirement displaces; leaving the level of competition unspecified is a genuine ambiguity but not a directional tilt

Subgroup figures (35)

party

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Democrat (registration)	41%	25%	16%	39%	20%	20%	19%
Republican (registration)	85%	76%	9%	10%	5%	4%	5%
Not affiliated / other party	62%	44%	18%	26%	15%	11%	12%

gender

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Man	65%	48%	16%	26%	14%	12%	9%
Woman	58%	44%	13%	26%	15%	11%	17%

Adult medical caresupport/opposein a trend series

requiring private health insurers to cover gender transition care (Split A of a split-sample pair)

Require health insurance companies to cover medical care for gender transitions

22%

19%

17%

32%

Support 42%49% Oppose

Wording notes: Split A of a split-sample experiment paired with Q61, which substitutes the Oregon Health Plan for private insurers

neutral — neutral coverage-mandate wording; the interpretive value is the contrast with the Split B Oregon Health Plan version

Subgroup figures (35)

party

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Democrat (registration)	63%	30%	33%	29%	13%	16%	9%
Republican (registration)	16%	6%	10%	80%	16%	65%	3%
Not affiliated / other party	40%	19%	21%	47%	22%	26%	12%

gender

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Man	39%	15%	24%	54%	13%	41%	7%
Woman	42%	21%	22%	46%	22%	24%	12%

Adult medical caresupport/opposein a trend series

requiring the Oregon Health Plan (state Medicaid) to cover gender transition care (Split B of a split-sample pair)

Require the Oregon Health Plan cover medical care for gender transitions

21%

20%

10%

15%

35%

Support 40%50% Oppose

Wording notes: Split B of a split-sample experiment paired with Q60; substituting the state Medicaid program for private insurers moves the total only 2 points but collapses Republican support from 16% to 9%

neutral — identical construction to Split A with only the payer changed, which is exactly what makes the pair usable as a wording experiment

Subgroup figures (35)

party

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Democrat (registration)	66%	33%	34%	26%	17%	9%	8%
Republican (registration)	9%	8%	1%	79%	15%	64%	13%
Not affiliated / other party	38%	16%	22%	53%	13%	39%	9%

gender

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Man	35%	16%	19%	55%	19%	36%	10%
Woman	44%	21%	23%	47%	11%	35%	9%

Youth medical caresupport/opposein a trend series

criminalizing provision of gender transition care to people under 18

Make it illegal for health care professionals to provide someone younger than 18 with medical care for a gender transition

40%

20%

14%

20%

Support 60%35% Oppose

Wording notes: targets the provider rather than the parent or minor | support is the restrictive direction | does not distinguish puberty blockers, hormones or surgery

neutral — states the prohibition and whom it binds without characterizing the care; bundling all treatment types is a real limitation but is symmetric

Subgroup figures (35)

party

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Democrat (registration)	44%	23%	21%	49%	21%	28%	7%
Republican (registration)	80%	69%	11%	15%	6%	9%	5%
Not affiliated / other party	61%	36%	25%	35%	13%	21%	4%

gender

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Man	61%	42%	19%	35%	14%	21%	4%
Woman	60%	39%	21%	33%	14%	19%	7%

Parental rightssupport/opposein a trend series

investigating parents for child abuse if they help a minor obtain gender transition care

Investigate parents for child abuse if they help someone younger than 18 get medical care for a gender transition

25%

15%

17%

35%

Support 40%51% Oppose

Wording notes: escalates the same underlying policy from a provider ban to a child-welfare investigation of parents | support is the restrictive direction

neutral — describes the Texas-style investigative policy in its own terms; the 20-point drop from Q62's 60% to this item's 40% is the substantive finding, not a wording artifact

Subgroup figures (35)

party

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Democrat (registration)	28%	13%	15%	64%	17%	47%	8%
Republican (registration)	70%	52%	18%	17%	5%	12%	13%
Not affiliated / other party	33%	19%	14%	61%	23%	38%	6%

gender

Group	NET Support	Strongly support	Somewhat support	NET Oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know
Man	43%	28%	15%	49%	16%	33%	8%
Woman	39%	23%	16%	52%	18%	34%	9%

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