Questions - Parental Rights May 2023

Survey of 1,305 California Likely Voters

Conducted May 18, 2023

By Rasmussen Reports and Real Impact

 

How would you rate the job Joe Biden has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

 

 

How would you rate the job Gavin Newsome has been doing as Governor?

 

 

Are you the parent or guardian of at least one child currently under age 18?

 

 

Do you currently have at least one child attending a public school in California?

 

 

By what age are people mature enough to make important life decisions on their own?

 

 

Is 18 years old an appropriate age for a person to become registered for the United States Selective Service, more commonly called the draft?

 

 

In your view, are biological sex and gender different, or the same thing?

 

 

By what age is it appropriate for a child to be taught they can choose their gender?

 

 

By what age is a child mature enough to make a decision about what their gender is?

 

 

By what age is it appropriate for a child to receive medication to alter their hormones, that are accompanied by the risk of long-term sterilization?

 

 

By what age is it appropriate for a child to receive irreversible gender affirming surgery, to include removing their reproductive organs?

 

 

Who has the bigger responsibility to raise a child, parents, or the government?

 

 

Do you support or oppose schools notifying parents if their child has a change in mental conditions, like showing symptoms of depression or suicidal thoughts?

 

 

Do you support or oppose schools notifying parents if their child identifies or requests to be identified or treated as a gender that doesn’t align with their biological sex?

 

 

Is it abuse if parents refuse to acknowledge their child’s request to be treated as a gender that doesn’t align with their biological sex?

 

Do you agree or disagree with this statement: “A person loses their parental rights when a child enters public school.”

 

Do you agree or disagree with this statement: “There is no such thing as someone else’s child.  Our nation’s children are all our children.”

 

Would you support or oppose a local law that required parents to be notified of any major change in a child’s physical, mental, or emotional health or academic performance?

 

If that law included notifying parents of symptoms of depression, severe anxiety, or suicidal thoughts, would you be more likely or less likely to support the law?

 

If that law included notifying parents of a child identifying, requesting to identify, or being treated as a gender that doesn’t alight with their biological sex, would you be more likely or less likely to support the law?

 

Do you agree or disagree: “A teacher not following a law to notify parents about changes in a student’s physical, mental or emotional health should lose their jobs.”

 

Do you support or oppose teachers and school administrators keeping information about a child’s gender identity secret from the parents?

 

At 12 years of age, is a child mature enough to consent to mental health treatment, counseling, or shelter services without their parents knowing?

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence