U.S. adults' approval of the Supreme Court's LGBT discrimination ruling by party 2020

Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 31, 2024

According to a survey in June 2020, a slim majority of Republicans - 52 percent - either strongly or somewhat approve of the Supreme Court's decision that Title VII prohibits discrimination against workers because of their sexual orientation or transgender status, meaning LGBTQ workers can no longer be fired for their sexual orientation or transgender status. This compares to 34 percent of Republican respondents who either somewhat or strongly disapproved of the decision.

Approval rating among adults in the United States of the Supreme Court's LGBT worker discrimination decision as of June 2020, by political party

Characteristic	Strongly approve	Somewhat approve	Somewhat disapprove	Strongly disapprove	Not sure
Democrat	66%	11%	7%	4%	12%
Independent	41%	21%	6%	10%	21%
Republican	21%	31%	12%	22%	14%

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Release date

June 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

June 21 to 23, 2020

Number of respondents

1,487 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Values may not total 100 percent due to rounding.

Original question: "The Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled that Title VII prohibits discrimination against workers because of their sexual orientation or transgender status. The ruling means that LGBTQ workers can no longer be fired for their sexual orientation or transgender status. Do you approve or disapprove of this decision?"

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