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Support for or opposition to banning transgender people from military service, with slightly different framings (Trump order in 2018 versus a general decision in 2020).
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Latest: 35% answered “Support ban” in CES: Ban transgender people from the military, 2020.
Shares of people whose answer maps onto these categories (non-answers and answers outside the scale are left out), because surveys differ in whether they offer “don’t know.” Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| CES: Banning transgender people from the military | Banning transgender people from the military President Trump has issued many orders over the first two years of his presidency. For each of the following tell us whether you support or oppose the order in principle. [Ban Transgender People in the Military] Caveat: Framed as Trump's order in 2018, which may add partisan cue | equivalent | Support → Support ban; Oppose → Oppose ban |
| CES: Ban transgender people from the military | Ban transgender people from the military For each of the following tell us whether you support or oppose these decisions. [Ban Transgender People in the Military] Caveat: Framed as a general decision in 2020, with no explicit Trump attribution | equivalent | Support → Support ban; Oppose → Oppose ban |