Toplines 2 - CRI Books Sep 2025

Survey of 1,212 US Likely Voters
Conducted September 3-4, 2025 by Rasmussen Reports and Capitol Resources Institute

 

1.     Trump Approval

 

37% Strongly approve

15% Somewhat approve

  6% Somewhat disapprove

41% Strongly disapprove

  2% Not sure

 

2.     Are you the parent or grandparent of school-age children?

 

27% Parent

26% Grandparent

42% Neither

  5% Not sure

 

3.     How concerned are you that school-age children are being exposed to sexual material that is not age appropriate?

 

50% Very concerned

20% Somewhat concerned

14% Not very concerned

13% Not at all concerned

  3% Not sure

 

4.     How likely is it that public school libraries contain material that is sexually age-inappropriate for the students in school?

 

30% Very likely

25% Somewhat likely

20% Not very likely

17% Not at all likely

  8% Not sure

 

5.     How important is it that public schools fully inform parents about what is being taught to their children in classrooms?

 

62% Very important

25% Somewhat important

  8% Not very important

  3% Not at all important

  2% Not sure

 

6.     Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose public schools teaching children about homosexual lifestyles?

 

27% Strongly support

21% Somewhat support

12% Somewhat oppose

31% Strongly oppose

  9% Not sure

 

7.     Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose public schools teaching children about transsexualism?

 

21% Strongly support

22% Somewhat support

  9% Somewhat oppose

39% Strongly oppose

  8% Not sure

 

8.     Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose public schools teaching children about how to perform sex acts?

 

11% Strongly support

14% Somewhat support

14% Somewhat oppose

54% Strongly oppose

  7% Not sure

 

9.     Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose public schools teaching children about how to use dating apps, including ones popular in the homosexual community?

 

10% Strongly support

12% Somewhat support

13% Somewhat oppose

58% Strongly oppose

  8% Not sure

 

10.  Should books containing explicit sexual depictions of sex acts, including homosexual sex, be present in public high school libraries?

 

23% Yes

62% No

15% Not sure

 

11.  Should books containing explicit sexual depictions of sex acts, including homosexual sex, be present in public middle school libraries?

 

16% Yes

74% No

10% Not sure

 

12.  Should books containing explicit sexual depictions of sex acts, including homosexual sex, be present in public elementary school libraries?

 

12% Yes

81% No

  7% Not sure

 

13.  How important is it that parents have control over what books are present in public school libraries?

 

45% Very important

27% Somewhat important

15% Not very important

10% Not at all important

  3% Not sure

 

14.  Are books in your local public school’s library too conservative, too liberal, or about right?

 

16% Too conservative

26% Too liberal

33% About right

25% Not sure

 

15.  By what age should public school students be exposed to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual lifestyles?

 

  7% <6

  6% <10

  9% <12

12% <14

13% <16

28% <18

24% Not sure

 

16.  By what age should public school students be exposed to explicit depictions of sex acts?

 

  2% <6

  4% <10

  7% <12

10% <14

14% <16

34% <18

30% Not sure

 

17.  By what age should public school students be exposed to homosexual dating apps?

 

  1% <6

  2% <10

  5% <12

  8% <14

  9% <16

36% <18

40% Not sure

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, 3% percentage points with a 95% level of confidence