# Six in ten assume a lawmaker pushing free preschool is a woman

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/politics/six-in-ten-assume-a-lawmaker-pushing-free-preschool-is-a-woman/

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## Reading

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

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?

Six in ten assume a lawmaker pushing free preschool is a woman.

- Female: 62.4%
- Don’t Know: 27.6%
- Male: 9.9%

## 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: 2024-10-01 → 2024-10-11
- 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

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#gender-guess-for-preschool-bill-sponsor](https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#gender-guess-for-preschool-bill-sponsor)

## Citation

Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2024-103, fielded October 1-11, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.4%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#gender-guess-for-preschool-bill-sponsor](https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#gender-guess-for-preschool-bill-sponsor)