Six in ten assume a lawmaker pushing free preschool is a woman
Core finding
Presented with a bill to provide free preschool for children through age 5, most Americans (62%) picture the member of Congress behind it as a woman, according to a Verasight survey conducted Oct. 1-11, 2024.
Roughly a quarter (28%) say they cannot guess the sponsor's gender, while just 10% picture a man.
Topline distribution
Six in ten assume a lawmaker pushing free preschool is a woman.
A member of Congress has introduced a bill addressing early childhood education that would provide free preschool for all students through age 5. If you had to guess, do you think that this was a male or female member of Congress?
n = 1,000 · Oct 1–11, 2024 · MoE ±3.4%
Methodology
Full 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 | Oct 1–11, 2024 |
| Base (unweighted) | 1,000 |
| Margin of error | ±3.4% |
| Module | educ_pol |
| Sponsor | Verasight |
| Weight variable | weight |
| Weighting targets | age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status |
Sources
- verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co
If you had to guess, do you think that this was a male or female member of Congress?
Cite this question
Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2024-103, fielded October 1-11, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.4%.