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Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)
February 2017 University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll · Feb 3–10, 2017 · US: Texas
Methodology
- Pollster
- Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin) academic
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin and The Texas Tribune
- Fielded
- Feb 3–10, 2017
- Population
- registered voters
- Sample size
- 1,200
- Sample frame
- online opt-in
- Panel
- YouGov
- Mode
- online - YouGov opt-in panel, matched to a target sample drawn from the 2016 Current Population Survey and weighted to known characteristics of Texas registered voters
- Margin of error
- +/- 2.83%
- Weighting
- respondents matched on gender, age, race, education, party identification, ideology and political interest; matched set weighted to Texas registered-voter characteristics from the 2016 Current Population Survey and the 2014 Pew Religious Landscape Survey
- Geography
- US: Texas
- Base notes
- 1,280 respondents interviewed, matched down to a final sample of 1,200
Sources
Verification note. Two question sets captured from the Texas Politics Project site: 'Legislating Access to Public Facilities (February 2017)' and 'Transgender Access to Public Restrooms (February 2017)'. Wording from the chart footnotes, percentages from the embedded chart data, field dates and sample from the project's Data Archive methodology statement. Fielded during the Texas SB 6 bathroom-bill session and days before the federal school-guidance rescission.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (2)
importance of the Texas Legislature passing a law regulating transgender restroom access
How important do you think it is that the Texas Legislature pass a law regulating transgender access to public restrooms?
Not at all important
38%
Very important
24%
Somewhat important
15%
Not very important
13%
Don't know/No opinion
11%
Wording notes: measures priority, not direction - a respondent who opposes the law and one who is indifferent both land in 'not important' | 'regulating transgender access' is the restrictive side's framing of SB 6
unclear — Salience items of this shape cannot distinguish opposition from indifference, so the 51 percent 'not very/not at all important' total is not a measure of opposition to the bill; the verb 'regulating' also adopts the proponents' framing.
Subgroup figures (35)
whether transgender people should have restroom access by birth gender or gender identity
Which of the following comes closer to your opinion? Transgender people should have access to public restrooms based on...
Their birth gender
54%
Their gender identity
31%
Don't know/No opinion
15%
Wording notes: very short options with no elaboration on either side | explicit don't-know option offered
neutral — Two bare parallel options with no argument attached to either.
Subgroup figures (9)