# Only a quarter of Americans back gender quotas for elected office

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/politics/only-a-quarter-of-americans-back-gender-quotas-for-elected-office/

> Indexed question in Politics.

## Reading

Verasight surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults from September 25 to 30, 2026. 43.3% of Americans oppose laws requiring a share of elected offices to be held by women, 25.7% support them and 31.0% are neutral.

Strong opposition accounts for 26.4%, compared with 7.4% strong support. The question asks about laws reserving a share of elected offices for women.

## Topline

The government passing laws such as political gender quotas that require a certain percentage of elected offices to be held by women?

Only a quarter of Americans back gender quotas for elected office.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Neither support or oppose: 31.0%
- Strongly oppose: 26.4%
- Somewhat support: 10.5%
- Oppose: 9.4%
- Support: 7.8%
- Somewhat oppose: 7.5%
- Strongly support: 7.4%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2026-09-25 → 2026-09-30
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: Democracy, Politics, & Participation
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-153-apsa-omnibus-report#q-41](https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-153-apsa-omnibus-report#q-41)

## Citation

APSA Omnibus Survey #2026-153, fielded September 25-30, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-153-apsa-omnibus-report#q-41](https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-153-apsa-omnibus-report#q-41)