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This is the fourth annual poll from The 19th and SurveyMonkey, designed to shed light on what women, particularly women of color, and LGBTQ+ people think about the issues animating our politics. We now have three years of data on opinions on access to gender-affirming care; we’ve asked about access for minors and for adults, as well as what Americans want elected officials to do. We also have multiple years of polling on attitudes on abortion and other reproductive issues, as well as questions about politics, cost of living, education and gender roles.
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This year, among our findings was that approval for President Donald Trump is much lower among women than men — particularly among Gen Z. Half of Americans support the right of transgender adults to access gender-affirming care, but fewer support such a right for transgender minors. The majority of women do not believe that society would benefit from a return to traditional gender roles — but a majority of men do believe that.
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Motivations among voters
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Explore Our Findings:
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Explore Our Findings: Abortion’s most motivated voters went from defenders to opponents
Gender roles
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Explore Our Findings:
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Explore Our Findings: Most men want a return to traditional gender roles, but women aren’t so sure
Gender-affirming care
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Explore Our Findings:
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Explore Our Findings: More Americans see a future where gender-affirming care will be harder to access
Cost of living
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Rising Costs:
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Medical Bills:
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Medical Bills: 7 in 10 women are worried about the cost of medical bills
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- Most men think toxic masculinity is a problem, too
- Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country
- For Gen Z Latinas, immigration is top of mind
- Trump is not popular, especially with women
This 19th News State of Our Nation poll was powered by SurveyMonkey, the fast, intuitive feedback management platform where 20 million questions are answered daily. It was conducted online from September 8-15, 2025, among a national sample of 20,807 U.S. adults 18 and older. Respondents were selected from the more than 1.5 million people who take surveys on SurveyMonkey each day. Results for this non-probability survey have an error estimate of plus or minus 1.0 percentage point. Data have been weighted for age, race, sex, education and geography using the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey to reflect the demographic composition of the United States aged 18 and over. In addition, data for transgender respondents have been weighted for political party identification and gender using the KFF/The Washington Post Trans Survey to reflect the demographic composition of that subgroup. Learn more about SurveyMonkey’s research methodology.
