Poll: Voters divided on Biden admins Title IX changes ahead of election

In a new national poll released this week, voters signaled they are divided over the Biden administration’s Title IX changes to expand gender identity protections ahead of the general election.The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll conducted by Noble Predictive Insights found that voters are almost evenly split on the controversial rule change from the Department of Education.The latest poll of about 2,500 likely voters found 45% said they disapproved of the Biden administration’s equity-focused push to prohibit discrimination because of gender identity with 40% saying they approve of the changes. David Byler, chief of research at Noble Predictive Insights, told The Center Square that neither Republicans nor Democrats have a clear lead on the issue.“So what we can say is that we know that this is a hotly contested issue and that we know that both sides have some messages that work for some voters, but that on Title IX specifically, no one is carrying the day yet,” Byler said.“We can also say that on some of those other issues around sort of K-12 education and trans rights, you can clearly see a more conservative majority there.”Byler said Title IX, a statute governing how all educational institutions that accept federal funds handle sex discrimination matters, essentially goes unnoticed by most voters.“When you ask people about specific policies, the wonkier you get, the more people you get who decide on the spot, and the more fluidity you should expect,” Byler said.

“So Title IX is a specific issue that people just don’t know about unless you’re an absolute news junkie, or unless your life circumstances are such that you ran into this, people are not thinking about Title IX.” “They might be thinking about trans issues in a broad cultural sense, but they don’t know what Biden did on Title IX,” Byler said.“They don’t know what’s going on.

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