mixed-mode probability
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center American Trends Panel Wave 183 - Political Typology Survey (November 2025) · Nov 17–30, 2025 · US national
Methodology
- Pollster
- Pew Research Center independent
- Sponsor
- Pew Research Center
- Fielded
- Nov 17–30, 2025
- Population
- adults
- Sample size
- 10,357
- Sample frame
- mixed-mode probability
- Panel
- Pew Research Center American Trends Panel
- Mode
- primarily online, with some interviews conducted by live telephone
- Margin of error
- not disclosed
- Geography
- US national
Sources
Verification note. Total percentages read directly from the Wave 183 political typology final topline PDF; party, ideology, gender, race, age and LGBTQ breaks read from the downloadable chart data in Pew's Aug. 11, 2026 short read. The topline did not print a margin of error for this wave. NOTE: in November 2025 Pew changed the TRANSGEND1 wording from 'sex assigned at birth' to 'sex at birth' and renamed the variable TRANGEND1MOD, so the 67% in November 2025 is not strictly comparable with earlier readings. || Wording, full 5-point distribution and party NETs read from the Pew short read. This is a comfort/affect item rather than a policy item - a distinct measurement approach from the favor/oppose family.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (4)
whether gender is determined by sex at birth (revised wording)
Which statement comes closer to your views, even if neither is exactly right?
Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by their sex at birth
67%
Someone can be a man or a woman even if that is different from their sex at birth
31%
No answer
1%
Wording notes: response options rotated 1-2/2-1 | WORDING CHANGE: 'their sex at birth' replaced 'the sex they were assigned at birth' starting November 2025 | no middle option
neutral — symmetric statements; dropping 'assigned' removes a term some respondents contest, but the change breaks strict comparability with the 2017-2025 trend
comfort with transgender athletes on teams not matching their sex at birth
Thinking about things that sometimes happen in society, is each of the following something you are comfortable or uncomfortable with? ... Transgender athletes competing on sports teams that don't match their sex at birth
Not at all comfortable
56%
Not too comfortable
17%
Somewhat comfortable
14%
Very comfortable
7%
Extremely comfortable
6%
No answer
1%
NET Extremely/Very comfortable 13%NET Not too/Not at all comfortable 73%
Wording notes: asked inside a randomized battery alongside unrelated items (openly carrying guns, displaying a Confederate flag, speaking a language other than English in public, women not taking their husbands' last names) | measures personal comfort rather than policy support | unipolar comfort scale with no explicit neutral midpoint
unclear — the item itself is neutrally worded, but placing trans athletes in a battery next to Confederate-flag display and open carry creates a context that may color responses; the unipolar 'comfortable' scale also has no true neutral point
Subgroup figures (23)
party
ideology
gender
age
race
lgbtq_status
comfort with someone using they/them pronouns
Thinking about things that sometimes happen in society, is each of the following something you are comfortable or uncomfortable with? ... Someone using the pronouns "they/them" instead of "he" or "she" to describe themselves
Not at all comfortable
29%
Somewhat comfortable
22%
Not too comfortable
22%
Extremely comfortable
13%
Very comfortable
13%
No answer
1%
Wording notes: SCALE CHANGE: the April 2024 version of this item used a binary comfortable/uncomfortable, so the 2024 and 2025 readings are not directly comparable | asked inside a randomized battery with unrelated items
neutral — neutrally worded comfort item; the scale change from 2 points to 5 points is the main comparability caveat
personal comfort with transgender athletes competing on teams not matching sex at birth
How comfortable would you be with transgender athletes competing on sports teams that do not match their sex at birth?
Not at all comfortable
56%
Not too comfortable
17%
Somewhat comfortable
14%
Very comfortable
7%
Extremely comfortable
6%
Wording notes: measures personal comfort, not policy support | uses 'sex at birth' and 'transgender athletes' | level of sport not specified | does not restrict the item to women's sports - it is symmetric across direction of transition | 5-point scale with no explicit neutral midpoint label
neutral — affect scale with balanced endpoints; asking about comfort rather than policy avoids the require/allow asymmetry that drives much of the wording variance in this file
Subgroup figures (2)