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SLU/YouGov Poll, August 2023 · Aug 2023 · US: Missouri
Methodology
- Pollster
- YouGov academic
- Sponsor
- Saint Louis University / YouGov
- Commissioned by
- Saint Louis University
- Fielded
- Aug 2023
- Population
- likely voters
- Sample size
- —
- Sample frame
- online opt-in
- Panel
- YouGov
- Mode
- online - YouGov panel, matched sample of Missouri likely voters
- Margin of error
- not disclosed
- Geography
- US: Missouri
Sources
Verification note. Percentages and question stem read directly off the SLU write-up (retrieved and text-extracted in session). MISSING: exact field dates, sample size and margin of error - the write-up page carries no methodology block and the August 2023 poll landing page returns 404. Party figures were published only as the 'oppose' side for Republicans and Democrats.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (3)
under 18; gender-affirming COUNSELING (talk therapy, non-medical) - ACCESS framing
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transition medical care like:
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transition medical care like: Gender Affirming Counseling
Wording notes: ACCESS framing (favor = permit) rather than ban framing | explicit 'not sure' offered | counseling is classified inside the stem as 'gender transition medical care', which medicalizes talk therapy | identical stem asked across three escalating treatments - an internal wording ladder
neutral — Balanced favor/oppose with an explicit 'not sure'; the only quibble is the stem calling counseling 'medical care'. The three-item ladder is the analytically valuable part: identical stem, 30-point spread purely from the treatment named.
Subgroup figures (2)
under 18; hormones or puberty blockers - ACCESS framing
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transition medical care like:
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transition medical care like: Hormones or Puberty blockers
Wording notes: ACCESS framing (favor = permit) | names the treatments rather than using the umbrella term | explicit 'not sure' offered | no mention of parental consent or physician involvement
neutral — Symmetric favor/oppose with a don't-know; the treatment is named plainly. Note the 20-point gap between this item (24% favor) and the counseling item (44% favor) on an identical stem - the treatment named, not the age threshold, is doing the work.
Subgroup figures (2)
under 18; gender-affirming SURGERY - ACCESS framing
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transition medical care like:
Do you favor or oppose allowing someone younger than 18 to receive gender transition medical care like: Gender Affirming Surgery
Wording notes: ACCESS framing (favor = permit) | asks about surgery for minors - rare in practice - without noting rarity or any age floor | explicit 'not sure' offered
neutral — Wording is symmetric, but asking about surgery for anyone 'younger than 18' with no age floor invites respondents to picture young children. The 14% favor figure is the floor of the three-item ladder and is frequently quoted out of context as opinion on 'gender-affirming care for minors' generally.
Subgroup figures (2)