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McLaughlin & Associates

McLaughlin & Associates National Survey, January 2025 · Jan 22–27, 2025 · US national

Methodology

Pollster
McLaughlin & Associates partisan_r
Sponsor
McLaughlin & Associates
Fielded
Jan 22–27, 2025
Population
general election voters
Sample size
1,000
Sample frame
unknown
Mode
not disclosed in the release deck
Margin of error
not disclosed
Weighting
not disclosed in the public release deck
Geography
US national

Sources

Verification note. Question wording, topline and the full published crosstab column transcribed from the McLaughlin & Associates public release deck (slide rendered to image and read, because the figures are chart graphics and the crosstab column mis-orders under PDF text extraction). Bar-chart components sum to the printed nets, confirming the reading. McLaughlin's public release decks state the population and field dates but carry no methodology page: mode, sample frame, weighting and margin of error are all undisclosed.

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

Questions asked (1)

Sportssupport/opposein a trend series
federal law barring trans women and girls from women's and girls' sports

Do you support or oppose Congress passing a federal law that prevents biological males from competing in women's and girls' sports?

Support 67%23% Oppose

Wording notes: 'biological males' is the only descriptor offered | 'prevents ... from competing' frames a ban as prevention, which is easier to endorse than 'ban' | no age, sport or level of competition specified | fielded in the week of the second Trump inauguration, when the executive order on this subject was imminent

loaded_terms — the restrictive side is described as 'preventing' rather than 'banning' or 'excluding', and trans women and girls appear only as 'biological males'; both choices push the item's 67% support well above what neutrally worded versions of the same policy return

Subgroup figures (40)

party

GroupSupport (total)Oppose (total)
Republican86%11%
Democrat47%38%
Independent66%23%

ideology

GroupSupport (total)Oppose (total)
Liberal43%45%
Moderate65%22%
Conservative87%9%

gender

GroupSupport (total)Oppose (total)
Men73%21%
Women62%25%

age

GroupSupport (total)Oppose (total)
Under 5563%27%
Over 5573%19%

race

GroupSupport (total)Oppose (total)
White71%21%
African-American56%26%
Hispanic68%25%

region

GroupSupport (total)Oppose (total)
Live in urban area61%27%
Live in suburban area69%22%
Live in rural area72%20%

2024_vote

GroupSupport (total)Oppose (total)
Trump 2024 voters85%12%
Harris 2024 voters52%35%

other

GroupSupport (total)Oppose (total)
Approve Trump job86%11%
Disapprove Trump job48%39%

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