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The Economist/YouGov Poll · Jul 31, 2017 – Aug 2017 · US national
Methodology
- Pollster
- YouGov commercial
- Sponsor
- The Economist
- Commissioned by
- The Economist
- Fielded
- Jul 31, 2017 – Aug 2017
- Population
- adults
- Sample size
- 1,500
- Sample frame
- online opt-in
- Panel
- YouGov Panel
- Mode
- Web-based interviews; respondents selected from YouGov's opt-in Internet panel using sample matching against a stratified random sample drawn from the American Community Survey
- Margin of error
- ±3.2% (adjusted for weighting)
- Weighting
- Weighted to U.S. adult population targets on gender, age, race, education and prior presidential vote; full weighting statement in the source PDF.
- Geography
- US national
Sources
Verification note. Crosstab PDF downloaded and parsed; Total and Party ID columns read directly (this edition prints party columns column-major as 'Democrat / Independent / Republican'). All columns sum to 99-100%.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (3)
allowing transgender people to serve openly
Do you favor or oppose allowing transgender people to serve openly in the military?
Wording notes: fielded days after Trump announced the military ban on Twitter (26 July 2017) | uses 'serve openly'
neutral — balanced favor/oppose; 'openly' imports the language of the repealed gay-service policy but is the phrase used in the surrounding news coverage
Subgroup figures (15)
perceived effect of open transgender service on military effectiveness
Do you think allowing transgender people to serve openly in the military has made military effectiveness better, worse, or not made much difference?
Not made much difference
45%
Worse
23%
Better
11%
Don't know
20%
neutral — three-way with an explicit no-difference middle; the middle wins outright
Subgroup figures (12)
approval of Trump's transgender military ban
Do you approve or disapprove of Donald Trump issuing a ban on transgender people serving in the military?
Approve 34%52% Disapprove
neutral — names the policy and its author plainly; balanced four-point scale
Subgroup figures (15)