EPIC-MRA Statewide Survey on Library Issues (Michigan Library Association) · Jun 6–15, 2025 · US: Michigan
Methodology
- Pollster
- EPIC-MRA commercial
- Sponsor
- Michigan Library Association
- Commissioned by
- Michigan Library Association
- Fielded
- Jun 6–15, 2025
- Population
- registered voters
- Sample size
- 800
- Sample frame
- unknown
- Mode
- live-interviewer telephone; 80% of interviews completed via cell phone
- Margin of error
- +/- 3.5%
- Weighting
- not disclosed
- Geography
- US: Michigan
- Base notes
- 46 regional oversamples were also completed in addition to the 800 statewide sample, to allow regional analysis with a minimum of 40 completes from each region; regional subsample errors run from +/-6.2 to +/-11.9 points
Sources
Verification note. Question wording and TOTAL-column percentages transcribed directly from the EPIC-MRA frequency report PDF hosted by the Michigan Library Association. The published frequency report breaks results out by Michigan region (regions 2, 4, 7, 9, 11) rather than by party, so no party crosstabs are available. Confidence level is not stated on the instrument. This is a distinct fielding from the March 2023 Michigan Library Association survey already in the database.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
whether books discussing gender identity should be banned from public libraries
For each of the following types of books, please tell me if you think they should always be banned, sometimes banned, or never banned? Books that include [ROTATE Q.19 THROUGH Q.23]
Books with discussions about sex, gender identity or sexual orientation?
Never banned
68%
Sometimes banned
18%
Always banned
11%
Undecided/Refused
3%
Wording notes: bundles 'sex' with 'gender identity or sexual orientation' in one item | asked as the last item in a rotated battery whose other items are political ideas, slavery, race, and criticism of U.S. history
neutral — the three-point ban scale is symmetric and the battery structure lets the gender-identity item be read against neutral comparison items; the only wording concern is that 'sex' is bundled with gender identity, which likely raises the always-banned share
age-appropriate access to books discussing gender identity versus removal from public libraries
The next statements are.. [ROTATE STATEMENTS] Books that contain sexual content or discuss issues like gender identity and sexual orientation should AND Books that contain sexual content or discuss issues like gender identity and sexual orientation are tools for understanding complex issues, and young people should have access to them, but at an age-appropriate level.
Which statement do you agree with the most [ROTATE STATEMENTS] The one saying books containing sexual content or discuss sexual identity should not be in local public libraries OR, The one that local public libraries can provide age-appropriate access to books containing sexual and sexual orientation content?
Local public libraries can provide age-appropriate access to books containing sexual and sexual orientation content
77%
Books that contain sexual content or discuss issues like gender identity should not be in local public libraries
21%
Undecided/Refused
2%
Wording notes: the restrictive alternative is stated as a bare prohibition while the permissive alternative carries a justification ('tools for understanding complex issues') | the read-out question text abbreviates 'gender identity and sexual orientation' to 'sexual identity', which is not the same construct as the statement it summarizes
tilts_affirming — the permissive option is given a supporting rationale and the age-appropriate qualifier while the restrictive option is stated flatly, which is an asymmetry that favors the permissive side; the sponsor is a library trade association