mixed-mode probability
Winthrop Poll
Winthrop Poll, April 2025 (South Carolina) · Apr 4–12, 2025 · US: South Carolina
Methodology
- Pollster
- Winthrop Poll academic
- Sponsor
- Winthrop University Social and Behavioral Research Laboratory
- Fielded
- Apr 4–12, 2025
- Population
- adults
- Sample size
- 1,546
- Sample frame
- mixed-mode probability
- Mode
- mixed - online 78.4%, cell phone 20.0%, landline 1.5%
- Margin of error
- ±2.49 percentage points
- Weighting
- weighted by sex, race, and age to U.S. Census Bureau data
- Geography
- US: South Carolina
- Base notes
- 1,546 weighted respondents, South Carolina adult residents
Sources
Verification note. Six transgender items with full 5-point distributions and Republican/Democrat breaks read directly from the Winthrop Poll April 2025 results tables. The shared battery preamble ('Would you favor or oppose laws or policies that...') was not reproducible verbatim from the results page, so each item's policy statement is recorded as published in the table stub. Release date recorded to month precision.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (6)
protection from discrimination in jobs, housing, public accommodations
Protect transgender individuals from discrimination in jobs, housing, and public spaces such as restaurants and stores.
Strongly favor
34%
Strongly oppose
9%
Neither favor nor oppose
21%
Not sure/Refused
3%
Favor 28%Oppose 6%
Wording notes: explicit neutral midpoint offered | policy stated in the affirming direction
neutral — Plain policy description with a symmetric five-point favor/oppose scale and an explicit neutral option; no argument attached to either side.
Subgroup figures (12)
requiring restroom use matching sex assigned at birth
Require transgender individuals to use public bathrooms that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with.
Favor 15%
Wording notes: uses 'sex they were assigned at birth' and 'gender they identify with' - both stated | explicit neutral midpoint
neutral — Both the restrictive rule and the alternative it displaces are named in the stem; symmetric five-point scale with a neutral option.
Subgroup figures (12)
banning gender-identity instruction in elementary schools
Make it illegal for public school districts to teach about gender identity in elementary schools.
Favor 13%
Wording notes: 'make it illegal' framing | explicit neutral midpoint
neutral — States the restrictive policy plainly without a supporting rationale; the favor/oppose scale is symmetric. 'Make it illegal' is a strong but accurate description of a criminal/statutory prohibition.
Subgroup figures (12)
requiring athletes to compete on teams matching sex assigned at birth
Require that transgender athletes compete on teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with.
Favor 18%
Wording notes: both alternatives named in the stem | no level of competition specified
neutral — Symmetric scale, both the rule and its alternative named; the absence of any specified level of competition (youth vs. professional) is a scope ambiguity rather than a slant.
Subgroup figures (12)
requiring health insurers to cover gender transition care
Require health insurance companies to cover medical care for gender transitions.
Strongly oppose
33%
Strongly favor
10%
Neither favor nor oppose
20%
Not sure/Refused
4%
Favor 17%Oppose 17%
Wording notes: mandate framing ('require ... companies') | no age specified
neutral — Plain statement of an insurance-mandate policy on a symmetric scale; the mandate framing may pick up general opposition to insurance mandates as well as opposition to the care itself, which is a construct-validity caveat rather than a directional slant in the wording.
Subgroup figures (12)
criminalizing gender-transition care for under-18s
Make it illegal for health care professionals to provide someone younger than 18 with medical care for a gender transition.
Favor 17%
Wording notes: 'make it illegal' framing | age threshold stated | care not itemized (blockers vs. hormones vs. surgery)
neutral — The restrictive policy is stated plainly with a symmetric scale and no attached argument; leaving 'medical care for a gender transition' unitemized is a measurement limitation, not a slant.
Subgroup figures (12)