whether society has gone too far / not far enough in accepting transgender people
Turning to a different issue...
Which of the following statements comes closer to your feelings about the way our society deals with people who are transgender, that is, someone who does not identify with their birth gender, like a person born as a man who now identifies and is living as a woman. (ROTATE 1-2)
We have gone too far in accepting transgender people
48%
We have not gone far enough in ending discrimination against transgender people
43%
We have reached a reasonable balance (vol.)
2%
Mixed (vol.)
2%
Neither (vol.)
2%
Not sure
3%
Wording notes: middle option 'reasonable balance' demoted to volunteered-only in this fielding, a break from the 2015-2022 versions | statements rotated
neutral — Both directional statements are read and rotated. Removing the read middle option is a design change that mechanically inflates both endpoints - a comparability problem rather than a directional bias.
Subgroup figures (8)
party
| Group | We have gone too far in accepting transgender people | We have not gone far enough in ending discrimination against transgender people |
|---|---|---|
| Republicans | 79% | — |
| Democrats | — | 76% |
| Independents | 50% | 36% |
other
| Group | We have not gone far enough in ending discrimination against transgender people | We have gone too far in accepting transgender people |
|---|---|---|
| Knows a transgender person | 67% | 25% |
| Does not know a transgender person | 34% | 57% |