Polling from 13 States Reveals Widespread Disapproval of “Gender Identity” Policies
A new report by Spry Strategies in partnership with the Women’s Liberation Front and the American Principles Project reveals that voters across a variety of politically diverse states such as California, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Michigan widely disapprove of “gender identity” policies.
Natasha Chart, Executive Director of the Women’s Liberation Front said, “It’s refreshing to see data proving that most Americans continue to understand that human beings can’t change sex, no matter how many times the media and gender activists have told them otherwise.”
The summary focuses on four key issue areas: single-sex spaces including women’s prisons, sports, and shelters and child medical transition.
Voters were polled in a national sample (n=3500) as well as across 13 states: South Dakota, West Virginia, Arizona, California, Georgia, Kentucky, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin (n=600 to 700). The polling took place between August 2020 and February 2021 using multi-mode interviews combining traditional live callers, online panels and online mobile applications.
"Should boys and men who say they identify as transgender be allowed to compete in girls’ and women’s athletics?"
The results demonstrate voters across the country largely disapprove of the elimination of single-sex spaces for women which exist to provide safety and equal opportunity. In every state polled, as well as in the national sample, an overwhelming majority supported protecting single-sex sports for female athletes, for example. The state with the highest support for protecting women’s sports was West Virginia (83.7 percent) while the state with the lowest support, South Dakota, still held a clear majority of nearly two-thirds of voters (63.6 percent).
In all states polled, as well as nationwide, more voters supported keeping prisons single-sex than approved of policies allowing men to serve their sentences in women’s prisons based on their claimed “gender identity.” In California, which passed a law last year allowing violent male offenders to “self-identify” into women’s facilities, only 38.17 percent of voters supported such policies.
A majority of voters nationwide and in all polled states also supported allowing women’s domestic violence and homeless shelters to remain single-sex, with support for letting men who “identify” as women into these spaces as low as 13.85 percent in West Virginia.
In all 13 states, as well as in the national sample, voters do not think that minors who say they identify as transgender should be allowed to undergo physical sex change surgeries or chemical treatments. Nationally, two-thirds (66.94 percent) of voters disapprove of these practices, while in states Georgia, Kentucky, Idaho, North Carolina, and Texas over 80 percent of voters disapproved of child medical transition.
"Should children under 18 who say they identify as transgender be allowed to undergo physical sex change surgeries or chemical treatments?"
The results of this report demonstrate that voters across the country, whether they are in red, blue, or purple states, express a clear desire to protect the safety and rights of women and children—even in the face of widespread campaigns of disinformation and bullying on the issue of “gender identity.” Americans recognize the need to create systems and opportunities that protect vulnerable populations without harming the rights of others, and support common-sense approaches to do so.
Terry Schilling, President of the American Principles project, said:
"Over the last few years, the media and other elite institutions have done their best to gaslight Americans into believing that biological sex doesn't matter, and that any view to the contrary is simply bigotry. However, we now have overwhelming evidence to show the American people aren't buying this propaganda.
All across the country, in both red states and blue states, the vast majority of people recognize that it is unfair for biological men to compete in women's sports and to access women's private spaces. They also recognize that young children should not be making irreversible medical decisions to 'change' their sex. This shouldn't be surprising -- it's just common sense.
Thankfully, some brave political leaders have also recognized this and are now standing up for the rights of women and biological sanity. And given the widespread support for these actions, I think it's safe to say this movement is only just getting started."
While “gender identity” policies have taken off in many states, as well as on a national level, lawmakers are working against the interest and desires of their own constituencies by pushing through massively unpopular legislation. Where the public stands on this issue is clear, and elected officials should listen to the people who put them in office rather than a tiny minority of loud extremists lobbying for these policies.
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