Joe Rogan Experience #2539 - Protect Our Parks 17 · Aired Aug 13, 2026
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Approximately 80% of Democrats do not believe trans women should compete in women's sports.
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Democrats have grown less supportive of transgender athletes competing on teams matching their gender identity, but polling shows the group is genuinely divided rather than 80% opposed. That figure looks like a significant overstatement of where Democratic opinion actually sits.
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Is it true that Approximately 80% of Democrats do not believe trans women should compete in women's sports?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Democrats have grown less supportive of transgender athletes competing on teams matching their gender identity, but polling shows the group is genuinely divided rather than 80% opposed. That figure looks like a significant overstatement of where Democratic opinion actually sits. Protect Our Parks 17 said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2539 - Protect Our Parks 17, aired Aug 13, 2026, at 15:10. The supporting source is news.gallup.com, linked below.
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