GallupGallup Values and Beliefs Poll · May 3–18, 2021 · US national
Verification note. Verbatim wording and full subgroup tables read directly from the two Gallup releases drawn from this fielding: poll/350174 (military, sports, personal contact) and poll/351020 (moral acceptability). This is the benchmark fielding for the sports and moral-acceptability trends. || wording, toplines and party breaks read from the Gallup release 'Mixed Views Among Americans on Transgender Issues'; fielded four months after the Biden administration reversed the 2019 military ban
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
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
| Group | Favor |
|---|---|
| Republicans | 43% |
| Independents | 66% |
| Democrats | 87% |
| Group | Favor |
|---|---|
| Men | 57% |
| Women | 74% |
| Group | Favor |
|---|---|
| 18-29 | 76% |
| 30-49 | 68% |
| 50-64 | 63% |
| 65+ | 57% |
Next, we have a question about policies for competitive sports that have separate teams for male and female athletes.
Next, we have a question about policies for competitive sports that have separate teams for male and female athletes. Do you think transgender athletes -- [ROTATED: should be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity (or) should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender]?
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender' | preamble establishes sex-segregated teams as the premise | response order rotated | no middle option offered | does not distinguish youth, school, college or elite sport
neutral — both alternatives stated in full and rotated; the preamble is descriptive rather than argumentative, though it does frame the choice inside a binary-team premise and asks about all sport at once
| Group | Teams that match current gender identity | Only teams that match birth gender | No opinion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republicans | 10% | 86% | 5% |
| Independents | 33% | 63% | 4% |
| Democrats | 55% | 41% | 4% |
| Group | Teams that match current gender identity | Only teams that match birth gender |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 24% | 72% |
| Women | 43% | 53% |
| Group | Teams that match current gender identity |
|---|---|
| 18-29 | 35% |
| 30-49 | 34% |
| 50-64 | 38% |
| 65+ | 28% |
| Group | Teams that match current gender identity | Only teams that match birth gender |
|---|---|---|
| Knows a transgender person | 40% | 55% |
| Does not know a transgender person | 31% | 68% |
Do you have any friends or relatives or coworkers who have told you, personally, that they are transgender?
Wording notes: requires disclosure to the respondent ('have told you, personally')
neutral — factual self-report; the disclosure requirement narrows the measure but is stated plainly
| Group | Yes | No |
|---|---|---|
| 18-29 | 50% | 50% |
| 30-49 | 31% | 68% |
| 50-64 | 24% | 76% |
| 65+ | 19% | 81% |
Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong.
Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong. -- Changing one's gender
Wording notes: frames gender transition as a moral question | embedded in a battery alongside items such as adultery, cloning, polygamy and pornography | 'changing one's gender' is Gallup's phrasing, implying volitional change rather than identity
loaded_terms — the response frame is limited to 'morally acceptable' vs 'morally wrong,' and placing gender transition in a battery with behaviors widely regarded as transgressive supplies a moralized context; 'changing one's gender' also implies a chosen act rather than an identity
| Group | Morally acceptable | Morally wrong |
|---|---|---|
| Liberals | 78% | 21% |
| Moderates | 48% | 48% |
| Conservatives | 23% | 76% |
| Group | Morally acceptable | Morally wrong |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 43% | 56% |
| Women | 50% | 47% |
| Group | Morally acceptable | Morally wrong |
|---|---|---|
| 18-29 | 55% | 43% |
| 30-49 | 51% | 47% |
| 50-64 | 45% | 52% |
| 65+ | 34% | 64% |
Do you think transgender athletes should be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity, or should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender?
Wording notes: uses 'birth gender' | no middle option
neutral — both alternatives stated symmetrically
| Group | Teams that match current gender identity | Only teams that match birth gender |
|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 55% | 41% |
| Independents | 33% | 63% |
| Republicans | 10% | 86% |
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