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The Economist/YouGov Poll · Mar 25–27, 2018 · US national
Methodology
- Pollster
- YouGov commercial
- Sponsor
- The Economist
- Commissioned by
- The Economist
- Fielded
- Mar 25–27, 2018
- 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
- ±3.4% (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; totals and party columns read directly and verified to sum to 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: repeat of the identical July 2017 item | fielded days after the March 2018 White House memo implementing the ban
neutral — identical wording to the 2017 fielding, so the two are directly comparable
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
26%
Better
10%
Don't know
20%
neutral — repeat of the 2017 item
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%48% Disapprove
neutral — repeat of the 2017 item
Subgroup figures (15)