Transgender Polling Archive
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Tenth Annual National Undergraduate Student Survey · Sep 5–12, 2024 · US national

Methodology

Pollster
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Sponsor
William F. Buckley, Jr. Program at Yale (Buckley Institute)
Commissioned by
Buckley Institute
Fielded
Sep 5–12, 2024
Population
four-year, full-time undergraduate students under 25
Sample size
823
Sample frame
online opt-in
Mode
online survey of undergraduates
Margin of error
not disclosed
Geography
US national
Base notes
Region: East 18.0%, Midwest 21.0%, South 36.0%, West 25.0%

Sources

Verification note. Verbatim wording and percentages extracted directly from the Buckley Institute topline PDF (locally parsed). Sponsor is an explicitly conservative campus organization; no MOE or weighting statement published in the topline.

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

Questions asked (2)

Sportsforced choicein a trend series
transgender college athletes competing in a league designated for a gender different from assigned sex at birth

Which of the following comes closer to your opinion on allowing transgender college athletes to participate in a sports league designated for a gender that is different from their assigned gender at birth?

This is an issue of fairness ... biological differences between men and women
62.7%
Transgender athletes should be able to participate in whichever gender class they feel more comfortable in
29.4%
Unsure
7.9%

Wording notes: the restrictive option is a full argument ('this is an issue of fairness ... biological differences'), while the permissive option is a bare preference statement | the restrictive option preemptively inoculates the respondent ('while I may support transgender rights')

tilts_restrictive — the two alternatives are argumentatively asymmetric: the restrictive side is given a reasoned justification and a face-saving preamble, the permissive side is not

Pronouns & languageagree/disagreein a trend series
whether the college should require students, professors and faculty to state preferred gender pronouns

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "My college or university should require that students, professors and faculty state their preferred gender pronouns when introducing themselves."

Agree 53%40% Disagree

Wording notes: tests a compulsion frame ('should require') rather than a permission frame

tilts_restrictive — framing the item as an institutional requirement rather than a norm invites opposition on compulsion grounds independent of views about pronouns

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