Fifty-eight percent of likely voters say they approve of legislation making it illegal to perform sex-change surgery on minors, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll.
Here are how the results, released Thursday, break down:
- 34% say they disapprove.
- 8% were uncertain.
- 72% of Republicans approve of legislation making it illegal to perform sex-change surgery on minors, compared to 24% who say they disapprove.
- 45% of Democrats say they approve, while 45% say they disapprove.
- 61% of independents say they approve, compared to 30% who say they disapprove.
- 52% of all those polled say they approve of states passing legislation making it illegal to give hormone replacement therapy to minors.
- 37% say they disapprove.
- 10% were not sure.
The poll, conducted Feb. 8-9 and 12, sampled 900 likely voters. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Jeffrey Rodack ✉
Jeffrey Rodack, who has nearly a half century in news as a senior editor and city editor for national and local publications, has covered politics for Newsmax for nearly seven years.
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