probability RDD

Gallup

Gallup Values and Beliefs Poll · May 3–7, 2017 · US national

Methodology

Pollster
Gallup independent
Sponsor
Gallup
Fielded
May 3–7, 2017
Population
adults
Sample size
1,011
Sample frame
probability RDD
Mode
telephone - dual-frame RDD, live interviewer; minimum quota 70% cellphone / 30% landline, with minimum quotas by time zone within region
Margin of error
±4 percentage points
Weighting
Gallup standard demographic weighting; reported MOE includes computed design effects for weighting
Geography
US national

Sources

Verification note. Verbatim wording, subgroup tables and Survey Methods paragraph read directly from the Gallup release. || Wording, toplines, trend row and methodology read from the Gallup release. Party crosstabs were not printed in the release text retrieved. || Wording, toplines and party breaks read from the Gallup release. Fielded roughly two months after the Trump administration's February 22, 2017 rescission of the 2016 Title IX guidance and five weeks after North Carolina's partial HB2 repeal.

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

Questions asked (2)

Bathrooms & facilitiesforced choicein a trend series
public restroom policy - birth gender vs gender identity

In terms of policies governing public restrooms, do you think these policies should -- [ROTATED: require transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their birth gender (or should these policies) allow transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity]?

Require use of restroom corresponding with birth gender
48%
Allow use of restroom corresponding with gender identity
45%
No opinion
7%

Wording notes: uses 'birth gender' | response order rotated | no middle option offered

neutral — both alternatives stated in full and rotated

Subgroup figures (14)

party

GroupRequire use of restroom corresponding with birth genderAllow use of restroom corresponding with gender identity
Republicans71%25%
Democrats29%63%

ideology

GroupRequire use of restroom corresponding with birth genderAllow use of restroom corresponding with gender identity
Conservatives69%25%
Liberals22%72%

gender

GroupRequire use of restroom corresponding with birth genderAllow use of restroom corresponding with gender identity
Men57%38%
Women40%52%

age

GroupRequire use of restroom corresponding with birth genderAllow use of restroom corresponding with gender identity
18-2940%56%
Nondiscriminationotherin a trend series
whether new civil rights laws are needed for LGBT people

Do you think new civil rights laws are needed to reduce discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people, or not?

Yes, new laws needed
51%
No, not needed
46%
No opinion
3%

Wording notes: names transgender people explicitly but inside a combined LGBT item | 'new' laws framing can depress support by implying existing protections already exist

neutral — balanced 'or not' construction; the combined LGBT wording means trans-specific opinion cannot be isolated

Subgroup figures (8)

party

GroupYes, new laws neededNo, not needed
Republicans27%70%
Democrats67%30%

ideology

GroupYes, new laws needed
Liberals76%
Conservatives29%

gender

GroupYes, new laws needed
Men40%
Women61%

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