probability RDD
QUQuinnipiac University
Quinnipiac University National Poll · Mar 2–6, 2017 · US national
Methodology
- Pollster
- Quinnipiac University academic
- Sponsor
- Quinnipiac University
- Fielded
- Mar 2–6, 2017
- Population
- registered voters
- Sample size
- 1,283
- Sample frame
- probability RDD
- Mode
- telephone - random digit dialing, live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones
- Margin of error
- +/- 2.7 percentage points
- Weighting
- not disclosed
- Geography
- US national
Sources
Verification note. Toplines, wording and party crosstabs read from the Quinnipiac topline PDF (pp.8-9, 15). Fielded two weeks after the Trump administration rescinded the Obama-era Title IX guidance on February 22, 2017.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (3)
how accepting the U.S. is of transgender people
How accepting do you think the U.S. is of transgender people today; very accepting, somewhat accepting, not so accepting, or not accepting at all?
Somewhat accepting
51%
Not so accepting
25%
Very accepting
12%
Not accepting at all
8%
DK/NA
4%
neutral — descriptive perception item with a balanced scale
Subgroup figures (8)
would more acceptance be good or bad for the country
Do you think more acceptance of transgender people would be a good thing for the country, a bad thing for the country, or do you think that it would not make much difference either way?
Not much difference
42%
Good thing
41%
Bad thing
14%
DK/NA
3%
Wording notes: explicit 'not much difference' option absorbs a plurality
neutral — symmetric good/bad alternatives with an explicit neutral option
Subgroup figures (15)
whether public schools should allow trans students to use bathrooms/locker rooms matching gender identity
Do you think public schools should allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that are consistent with the gender they identify with or don't you think so?
Yes/Should
48%
No/Should not
45%
DK/NA
8%
Wording notes: 'should allow' wording, in contrast with the 'should be required to allow' wording Quinnipiac used in June 2016 - a 12-point difference in the topline
neutral — permission framing rather than mandate framing; both alternatives stated
Subgroup figures (16)