The U.S. State Department recently instituted a policy allowing Americans to select the gender they would like printed on their U.S. passport, even if it does not match the gender on supporting documentation such as a birth certificate, previous passport, or state ID. Do you approve or disapprove of this policy change?
Wording notes: accurate description of the actual State Department policy | 'even if it does not match...' foregrounds the documentation mismatch, which is the policy's most contested feature
tilts_restrictive — the factual description is fair, but the subordinate clause 'even if it does not match the gender on supporting documentation' is the pollster's editorial emphasis and states the objection inside the stem without stating the rationale for the policy