Below is a link to the Gallup poll’s top issues in the 2024 election. Of the 22 top issues they listed, DEI didn’t even make the list. However, transgender rights did make the list! It was #22 on the list of 22 items. - alpha

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Asking people to order a list of 22 issues is one way to do a poll. However if you conduct a single question poll you get results like this:

Forbes: Feb 3, 2025A new Economist/YouGov poll found 45% in favor of ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs (DEI) in school and government with 40% opposed. There were deep gender, racial, and partisan ...

NBC: 3 days ago But among men ages 18 to 49, 40% want to continue DEI programs, while 57% say they should be eliminated. More older women support DEI programs than older men, but the gap between them is not as large.

In putting together this list, there were pages and pages search results, many of which went in the other direction.

From this I am reminded that polls can be designed to deliver desired results based on a number of factors such as phone or in person; time of day; phrasing of the questions; sequence of questions; and so on. There is no such thing as a dispositive poll so all sides can find polls that support their biases.