YouGovThe Economist/YouGov Poll · May 27–31, 2023 · US national
Verification note. Crosstab PDF downloaded and parsed; totals and Party ID columns read directly and verified. The acceptance item (table 52) is present in the PDF but its table layout could not be parsed safely and is omitted.
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How much discrimination do you think there is against people who are transgender in the United States today?
neutral — repeat of the March 2022 and April 2023 wording
| Group | A lot | A little | None | Not sure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 69% | 20% | 4% | 7% |
| Independent | 42% | 28% | 14% | 16% |
| Republican | 23% | 37% | 23% | 17% |
Compared to other issues, do you think that lawmakers in your state are focusing too much or too little on legislation relating to transgender children in schools?
Wording notes: 'too much / too little' is directionally ambiguous
unclear — Democrats and Republicans give almost identical 'too much' shares (38 vs 38), which is strong evidence the item is measuring two different underlying complaints
| Group | Focusing too much | Focusing about the right amount | Focusing too little | Not sure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 38% | 26% | 15% | 22% |
| Independent | 36% | 19% | 13% | 32% |
| Republican | 38% | 26% | 16% | 20% |
How much do you think Joe Biden cares about the needs and problems of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people?
Wording notes: bundles LGBT into one group, so it does not isolate transgender-specific perceptions
neutral — standard empathy item; the LGBT bundling is a measurement limit
| Group | A lot | Some | Not much | Not at all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 35% | 49% | 10% | 5% |
| Independent | 16% | 35% | 24% | 25% |
| Republican | 23% | 28% | 18% | 31% |
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden has been handling gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues?
neutral — symmetric approval scale
| Group | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 25% | 43% | 6% | 6% | 19% |
| Independent | 3% | 20% | 16% | 26% | 35% |
| Republican | 2% | 9% | 18% | 49% | 22% |
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump handled gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues during his presidency?
neutral — retrospective counterpart to the Biden item
| Group | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 6% | 9% | 10% | 60% | 15% |
| Independent | 10% | 19% | 12% | 27% | 33% |
| Republican | 33% | 26% | 8% | 5% | 28% |
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Ron DeSantis has handled gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues as governor of Florida?
Wording notes: fielded a week after DeSantis signed Florida's 2023 gender-affirming-care and bathroom bills and days after his presidential launch
neutral — symmetric approval scale applied to a third politician
| Group | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 7% | 9% | 6% | 61% | 16% |
| Independent | 15% | 16% | 7% | 30% | 31% |
| Republican | 36% | 23% | 7% | 6% | 28% |
Would gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people be better off if a Democrat or a Republican were president?
neutral — balanced two-party choice with an explicit no-difference option
| Group | Democrat | Republican | No difference | Not sure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 76% | 2% | 11% | 11% |
| Independent | 31% | 9% | 34% | 26% |
| Republican | 20% | 26% | 33% | 21% |
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