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The Economist/YouGov Poll · Nov 23–26, 2024 · US national
Methodology
- Pollster
- YouGov commercial
- Sponsor
- The Economist
- Commissioned by
- The Economist
- Fielded
- Nov 23–26, 2024
- Population
- adult citizens
- Sample size
- 1,590
- 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. Totals verified for every item; Party ID columns read and verified for Q29E, Q31-Q35. For Q28E and Q30 the party table layout could not be disambiguated safely, so only the Total (and, for Q30, the 2024 presidential-vote columns) are recorded. Fielded three weeks after the 2024 election and during the House-rule dispute over Rep. Sarah McBride's restroom use.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (8)
banning transgender athletes from women's sports teams
Support or Oppose Trump Policies -- Banning transgender athletes from playing on women's sports teams
Would you support or oppose the following?
Wording notes: battery item framed as one of Donald Trump's announced policies, which invites partisan cue-taking | restrictive direction is the support side | party crosstab not extracted for this item
neutral — the policy text is plainly worded, but presenting it inside a list of Trump policies converts part of the response into presidential approval
expectation that Trump will ban transgender athletes
Will Trump Implement Policies -- Banning transgender athletes from playing on women's sports teams
Do you think Donald Trump will implement the following once he is elected president?
neutral — an expectation item rather than a preference item; supporters and opponents alike expected the ban, which is useful for separating anticipation from approval
Subgroup figures (9)
trans women in women's sports conditional on testosterone suppression
If transgender women take testosterone suppression therapy, would you favor or oppose allowing their participation in women's sports?
Wording notes: conditions participation on hormone suppression, testing whether the medical objection is the operative one | party crosstab not extracted; 2024 presidential-vote columns recorded instead
neutral — an unusually informative item: support is only 19% even with the testosterone condition stipulated, barely above the unconditional versions, which suggests the objection is not primarily about measured physical advantage
Subgroup figures (14)
personally knowing a transgender person
Do you personally know someone who is transgender? Select all that apply.
No
65%
Yes, an acquaintance
22%
Yes, someone I know well
14%
Wording notes: closeness-graded contact measure (know well / acquaintance) rather than a yes-no
neutral — contact item with a closeness gradient, more informative than a binary
Subgroup figures (9)
whether society has gone too far in accepting transgender people
Which of the following statements comes closer to your feelings?
Gone too far
41%
Not gone far enough
26%
About right
15%
Not sure
18%
neutral — symmetric three-way frame with an explicit middle and a Not sure; the longest-running Economist/YouGov transgender tracker
Subgroup figures (12)
whether lawmakers focus too much on transgender legislation
Compared to other issues, do you think that lawmakers are focusing too much or too little on legislation relating to transgender issues?
Focusing too much
49%
Focusing about the right amount
16%
Focusing too little
16%
Not sure
20%
Wording notes: drops 'in your state' relative to the 2022-2023 version, so it is a national rather than state item | 'too much / too little' is directionally ambiguous
unclear — Democrats and Republicans return near-identical 'too much' shares, which indicates the two parties are answering different underlying questions (too much restriction versus too much accommodation)
Subgroup figures (12)
awareness of the Capitol single-sex facility rule
How much have you heard about the rule restricting single-sex facilities -- such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms -- in the Capitol and House Office Buildings to only be used by people of the designated biological sex?
A little
40%
Nothing at all
34%
A lot
26%
Wording notes: uses the rule's own phrase 'designated biological sex' | prompted by the November 2024 House rule adopted after Sarah McBride's election
neutral — an awareness item; it adopts the rule's own terminology, which is standard practice for describing a specific measure
Subgroup figures (9)
which bathrooms transgender members of Congress should use
Do you think that transgender members of the House of Representatives should use the bathrooms that correspond with their...?
Assigned sex at birth
51%
Current gender identity
19%
Either one
12%
Not sure
17%
Wording notes: asked immediately after an awareness item about the Capitol rule, which primes the restrictive frame | offers an 'Either one' option that most bathroom items omit
neutral — the response set is unusually complete (adds 'Either one'), but the preceding awareness item describing the rule in its own terms is a priming risk
Subgroup figures (12)