probability RDD
Gallup
Gallup Values and Beliefs Poll · May 15–30, 2019 · US national
Methodology
- Pollster
- Gallup independent
- Sponsor
- Gallup
- Fielded
- May 15–30, 2019
- Population
- adults
- Sample size
- 1,017
- Sample frame
- probability RDD
- Mode
- telephone - dual-frame RDD, live interviewer
- 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, full subgroup table and Survey Methods paragraph read directly from the Gallup release. This is the first Gallup fielding of the transgender military item; no Gallup fielding was found around Trump's July 2017 ban announcement. || Wording, totals and full party/gender/age breaks read directly from the Gallup release of June 20, 2019, and cross-checked against Gallup's own LGBTQ+ Rights trend table (Datawrapper chart Dq2dA, embedded on news.gallup.com/poll/1651), whose dataset.csv was downloaded this session and returns 2019 May 15-30 = 51/44/5, 2017 May 3-7 = 48/45/7, 2016 May 4-8 = 50/40/10. The database's existing May 2019 Gallup record carried only the military-service item; both restroom items were missing. || topline, party and veteran-status breaks read from the Gallup release page
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (3)
allowing openly transgender people to serve in the military
Do you favor or oppose allowing openly transgender men and women to serve in the military?
Wording notes: uses 'openly transgender men and women'
neutral — standard balanced favor/oppose construction with no argument attached
Subgroup figures (23)
restroom policy: birth gender vs. gender identity (third reading of the 2016 trend)
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]?
Birth gender
51%
Gender identity
44%
No opinion
5%
Wording notes: response alternatives rotated | both alternatives explicitly stated
neutral — Fully balanced forced choice with rotation; both policy alternatives are spelled out in parallel construction.
Subgroup figures (18)
separate men's and women's restrooms vs. unisex restrooms in large public places
More generally, in large public places such as malls, stadiums and airports, do you think there should be -- [ROTATED: separate bathrooms for men and women, (or should there be) unisex bathrooms that can be used by all genders]?
Separate bathrooms
68%
Unisex bathrooms
30%
No opinion
2%
Wording notes: response alternatives rotated | does not name transgender people in the item itself, but sits inside the transgender restroom battery and is introduced by Gallup as the generalized form of that debate
neutral — Balanced two-sided forced choice with rotation; the item's relevance to this database comes from its placement and Gallup's framing rather than from the wording.
Subgroup figures (3)