YouGovThe Economist/YouGov Poll · Aug 21–24, 2026 · US national
Verification note. Most recent Economist/YouGov wave found in this sweep. Crosstab PDF downloaded and parsed; totals and Party ID columns reconstructed and verified column-by-column.
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Which of the following statements comes closer to your feelings?
neutral — symmetric three-way frame with an explicit middle and a Not sure; the longest-running Economist/YouGov transgender tracker
| Group | Gone too far | About right | Not gone far enough | Not sure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 13% | 21% | 55% | 11% |
| Independent | 36% | 19% | 26% | 19% |
| Republican | 76% | 10% | 7% | 7% |
Do you support or oppose allowing transgender student athletes to play on sports teams that match their gender identity, rather than the sex they were assigned at birth?
Wording notes: affirming direction is the support side | pollster prints net Support and net Oppose rows | says 'the sex they were assigned at birth'; the 2022-2023 version of the same item said 'the gender they were assigned at birth'
neutral — balanced four-point support/oppose; identical wording across the March 2025, July 2026 and August 2026 fieldings, so those three are a clean trend
| Group | Support (net) | Oppose (net) | Strongly support | Somewhat support | Somewhat oppose | Strongly oppose | Not sure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 40% | 39% | 18% | 22% | 15% | 23% | 21% |
| Independent | 18% | 59% | 9% | 9% | 13% | 46% | 23% |
| Republican | 3% | 92% | 1% | 2% | 6% | 86% | 5% |
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