Poll: Ohio voters split on transgender bathroom issue
COLUMBUS — Voters in Ohio and two other swing states are split on whether to allow transgender residents to use the bathroom of their choice, according to a Quinnipiac University Polling Institute survey released today.
In Ohio, 48 percent of voters said transgender people should not be allowed to choose a bathroom, versus 43 percent who said they should. Fifty-five percent also oppose mandated bathroom policies at public schools.
In Florida and Pennsylvania, 48 percent and 49 percent of voters, respectively, supported allowing residents to use the bathroom consistent with their gender identity. Forty-four percent of Florida voters and 43 percent of Pennsylvania voters opposed the move.
And more than half of those questioned in both states opposed school bathroom mandates.
The results have a margin of error of about 3 percentage points.
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