Independent voters agree with Trump on transgender policies, focus group shows

Republican and Independent voters successful a Fox News Digital absorption radical reacted positively to President Donald Trump's enforcement actions targeting transgender ideology successful America's sports and different institutions.

The absorption radical of 156 voters crossed the governmental aisle watched a video clip of the president signing his enforcement order, "Keeping men retired of women's sports," connected February 5.

Trump said, "Actions were taken contiguous are the latest successful a sweeping effort to reclaim our civilization and our laws from the extremist near crusade against biologic reality."

"On time one, I made it official, and I'm making it authoritative argumentation of the United States authorities that determination is, you know, 2 genders. We person 2 genders. What mightiness they be? Man and woman, Right? Male and female. Male and female. Can't deliberation of excessively galore others, but it's beauteous amazing."

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US President Donald Trump signs the No Men successful Women's Sports Executive Order into instrumentality successful the East Room of the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected February 5, 2025.  (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

"I rescinded national funds too, and this is truthful important, to immoderate programme that promotes transgender ideology utilizing payer dollars. We're not going to bash it. We're not going to bash it. And past week I efficaciously banned the chemic castration and surgical mutilation of insignificant children."

After Trump referred to 2 genders and his enactment to portion national backing for transgender surgeries, Democratic voters' support remained steady, but Republican and Independent voters' support steadily climbed, according to the Fox News Dial.

President of Maslansky + Partners Lee Carter, who conducted the absorption radical for Fox News Digital, remarked, "Even Democrats mostly agree!"

"For anyone who is hysterical and thinks this resonates due to the fact that radical are transphobic – that is not it astatine all," she added.

A transgender rights protagonist takes portion successful a rally extracurricular the U.S. Supreme Court arsenic the justices perceive arguments successful a lawsuit connected transgender wellness rights connected December 4, 2024, successful Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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"People judge a fewer things: 1. Children request to beryllium children. 2. If you are excessively young to person a brew oregon get a tattoo you are excessively young to marque this decision. 3. Common Sense needs to prevail. 4. Our taxation wealth shouldn’t money it," Carter continued.

One absorption radical subordinate said, "Finally, thing that makes sense. Taking distant authorities wealth for things we shouldn't beryllium progressive successful was 1 of the champion things Trump has ever done."

The radical besides reacted to a video of Trump discussing his archetypal enforcement orders challenging diversity, equity and inclusion ("DEI") and sex ideology successful American institutions during a code astatine the World Economic Forum successful Davos connected January 23. 

"With the caller yet somewhat unexpected large Supreme Court determination conscionable made, America volition erstwhile again go a merit-based country," Trump said. "You person to perceive that connection merit-based country."

President Donald Trump has signed a slew of enforcement orders targeting sex ideology, DEI and CRT successful American institutions being funded by the national government. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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"And I've made it official, an authoritative argumentation of the United States that determination are only 2 genders, antheral and female, and we volition person nary men participating successful women's sports and transgender operations, which, became the rage volition hap precise rarely. Finally, arsenic we reconstruct communal consciousness successful America, we're moving rapidly to bring backmost spot and bid and stableness abroad," helium continued.

Republican and Independent voters' support changeable up erstwhile Trump brought up making America erstwhile again a "merit-based country." After helium declared a prohibition connected antheral athletes successful women's sports and transgender aesculapian operations, some groups' support steadily increased.

Democratic voters' support remained level, dipping somewhat during his remarks astir sex ideology, according to a Fox News Dial.

Carter recovered the groups' absorption "fascinating."

"Look astatine the spot of reactions to ‘merit-based’ and ‘common sense’," she remarked.

One absorption radical subordinate said, "He whitethorn beryllium a rude dude, but I emotion his thoughts and however overmuch communal consciousness helium is making! Love this!"

A full of 156 voters participated successful the Fox News Digital absorption group. Seventy-five Democratic voters participated, on with 49 Republican voters and 32 Independent voters.

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Trump has signed 63 enforcement orders since his inauguration, according to a number from Fox News, which acold surpasses the complaint of immoderate statesmanlike predecessors during their archetypal weeks successful office.

According to a Marquette Law School Poll nationalist survey released connected Wednesday, Trump's astir fashionable enforcement enactment with Americans is his bid having the national authorities admit lone 2 sexes — antheral and female. 

Sixty-three percent of adults nationwide supported the move, with conscionable 37% opposed, the survey indicates.

Fox News' Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.