"Anti-trans politics dominated the 2024 election season when Donald Trump painted former Vice President Kamala Harris as too far to the left on the issue and spent hundreds of millions of dollars on ads to hammer the message: "Kamala Harris is for they/them, President Trump is for you." The Harris-Walz campaign largely tried to avoid the issue, perhaps hoping voters would believe that Harris' position on trans rights was not that important in determining who should be president."
"The first two questions are about the two policy issues where Republicans have found the most success, since they decided to start a moral panic about trans rights in the aftermath of their losses in 2020. A 2025 Pew Research Center poll found that majorities of U.S. adults favor policies that ban trans girls and women from playing in women's sports and allow minors to access gender-affirming health care."
Republican campaigns emphasized anti-trans messaging during the 2024 election, using extensive ad spending to frame Kamala Harris as extreme on trans rights while positioning Trump as aligned with voters. The Harris-Walz campaign largely avoided engaging on the topic. Axios tested potential 2028 Democratic candidates with three direct questions about trans girls in sports, gender-affirming medical care for minors, and whether a man can become a woman. Republicans have focused on sports participation and youth medical care as effective political issues. A 2025 Pew Research Center poll showed mixed public views: majority support for sports bans and minors' access to care alongside broad support for anti-discrimination protections.
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