# What Trump Supporters Believe and Expect  ## Metadata - Author:: [[Carroll Doherty]] - Full Title:: What Trump Supporters Believe and Expect - Category: #articles - URL: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/11/13/what-trump-supporters-believe-and-expect/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=8d274c3a53-Weekly_11-16-24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-8d274c3a53-401533531 ## Highlights >  ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jdt63c8qvpnf47qppgxs2d7a)) >  ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jdt63w8vj3ynsx0yhcay3f0g)) > **Trump supporters were unified on several cultural issues in polling conducted over the course of the year.** Among those that they generally [agreed on](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/08/26/the-political-values-of-harris-and-trump-supporters/#cultural-values-and-the-2024-election): > • 92% believed that biological sex is not mutable. Just 7% said a person can be a man or woman even if that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth. > • 89% said gun ownership does more to increase than decrease safety. > • 83% viewed the criminal justice system as not tough enough on criminals. > • 75% did not think the legacy of slavery affects the position of Black people in American society today much or at all. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jdt659tytb1qe0nhb1wyzkqx)) > **Trump supporters were unified on several cultural issues in polling conducted over the course of the year.** Among those that they generally [agreed on](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/08/26/the-political-values-of-harris-and-trump-supporters/#cultural-values-and-the-2024-election): > • 92% believed that biological sex is not mutable. Just 7% said a person can be a man or woman even if that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth. > • 89% said gun ownership does more to increase than decrease safety. > • 83% viewed the criminal justice system as not tough enough on criminals. > • 75% did not think the legacy of slavery affects the position of Black people in American society today much or at all. > On each of these issues, majorities of Harris supporters expressed opposing views. > There were two areas where Trump backers’ positions might challenge conventional wisdom: > • Asked whether the gains women have made in society have come at the expense of men, most (71%) said no. > • And just over half – 55% – said religion should be kept *separate* from government policies, although that is roughly 30 percentage points lower than the share of Harris supporters who said the same. > **Trump** ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jdt64kyf29tzybqtgmw4kygt)) > On each of these issues, majorities of Harris supporters expressed opposing views. > There were two areas where Trump backers’ positions might challenge conventional wisdom: > • Asked whether the gains women have made in society have come at the expense of men, most (71%) said no. > • And just over half – 55% – said religion should be kept *separate* from government policies, although that is roughly 30 percentage points lower than the share of Harris supporters who said the same. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jdt64xwset6ykrw5r8v9bj5x)) >  ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jdt65k1w4r3xyg1g2xevxsfq)) >  ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jdt66kq6zcweb4en7vw1g1yy))