I don't think his stance on trans women and girls in competitive sports will hurt him. 70% of the public has that same opinion. I think I have that statistic right, 70%.
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June 10, 2026 The Hill reporting on a Gallup poll.
41% of Dems and 72% of Independents do not support ppl who are transgender competing in competitive sports with cis gender women and girls. Overall 2/3 oppose.
This I strongly DISAGREE with, "38 percent of Democrats and 66 percent of independents
said transgender people shouldn’t be allowed to change their sex on official documents. " That is just mean and serves no purposes other than to be mean. Like I said this is the ONLY issue I cannot support the rights of ppl who are transgender, competitive sports.
I'll go try and find the poll and come back to you. I "think" it was after Gov Newsome came out saying he could not support that issue. It was a legit poll though. I'll go look it up.
I know, I know, it's just terrible is a weapon the Republicans use. I myself am one of the 70%, but ONLY that, everything else equal = equal. The only solution I can see is to take the issue away, remove the issue, give up on the demand for trans in girls/womens competitive sports.
But ppl who are transgender don't seem to want to give up that, from their point of view, that right. I feel bad that this is the hill ppl who are transgender are picking to die on. I so wish it were different.
Oh I don't remember, it was a pretty recent poll, but not like last week. I hate that this issue is a purity test on supporting ppl who are transgender.
I think the numbers above are not an accurate representation of actual public opinion & probably more reflective of the wording of the specific survey. Most people do not want to spend this kind of energy on banning a handful of women.
You know what I heard of recently that looks like it might be a middle ground, a win-win. Say a Transgender girl comes in 1st in a swimming race. The second place girl who is cis gender, she gets awarded 1st place too. I hadn't given it much thought, I read like one article that this was in the
article how some school somewhere did this. I hadn't thought about it until we are having this discussion. I think that might be alright. I would have to think about it more, but initially it seems fine to me. It basically removes any complaining from cis gender girls as they are not hurt at all.
Okay, so I went and looked that up. Gallup Poll, so Gallup is legit. Q- Do you think transgender athletes should be able to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity or should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender? https://news.gallup.com/poll/507023/say-birth-gender-dictate-sports-participation.aspx
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41% of Dems and 72% of Independents do not support ppl who are transgender competing in competitive sports with cis gender women and girls. Overall 2/3 oppose.
This I strongly DISAGREE with, "38 percent of Democrats and 66 percent of independents
https://news.gallup.com/poll/507023/say-birth-gender-dictate-sports-participation.aspx