Research

2025 “Kitchen Sink” Survey

September 29, 2025

In August 2025, Galvanize Action conducted a survey on a variety of salient topics in order to understand ideologically-moderate women’s perspectives on a variety of relevant and timely issues. Some of these questions have been fielded previously (to a different, but demographically similar set of respondents), and comparisons are shown where applicable.

QUESTION #1 | EXPOSURE TO DIVERSITY
Thinking about the people in your life, do you personally know anyone who fits the following descriptions? You may know one person who fits multiple descriptions, or multiple people, or you may not know anyone like this! Please answer to the best of your ability and select all that apply.

How would you describe your relationship with the person you know who fits this description?

	Extremely close	Good friends	Interact regularly	Friendly acquaintances	Cross paths out and about	Don’t know someone like this
Someone who has experienced addiction	43%	12%	8%	10%	2%	25%
Someone from a different racial background	26%	28%	20%	7%	2%	17%
Someone who identifies as gay, lesbian, or bisexual	34%	20%	13%	10%	4%	20%
Someone who has experienced abuse	37%	14%	8%	7%	2%	32%
Someone who has had an abortion	30%	15%	6%	6%	3%	40%
Someone who has immigrated to the United States	16%	16%	16%	8%	1%	42%
Someone whose first language is not English	11%	15%	22%	9%	1%	43%
Someone who identifies as transgender	7%	5%	9%	9%	5%	65%

A majority of respondents (65%) report not knowing any transgender people.
A plurality of respondents also report not knowing someone whose first language is not English (43%), who immigrated to the US (42%), and who has had an abortion (40%).

QUESTION #2 | TOP ISSUE
In your opinion, which of the following issues is the MOST important issue facing the country?

	March 2025	August 2025
Economy	30%	29%
Preserving democracy	14%	16%
Healthcare	9%	12%
Crime	7%	11%
Immigration	11%	8%
Gun violence	5%	6%
Climate change	7%	6%
Foreign affairs/Focus overseas	3%	4%
Education	3%	3%
Other	3%	3%
DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)	3%	1%
Abortion	4%	1%
LGBT issues	1%	<1%

The economy was the most-commonly-chosen issue in both March (30%) and August (29%) of 2025.
Between March and August of 2025, the most significant increase in an issue being chosen was crime (7% and 11% respectively).

QUESTION #3 | PERSONAL FINANCES
Do you personally earn income (through a job, freelance work, government benefits, etc.)?

Yes, regularly	58%
Yes, occasionally	9%
No	32%

How much control do you feel you have over your own financial situation?

A great deal of control	39%
Some control	37%
A little control	17%
No control at all	7%

Who has the final say in how money is spent in your household?

I do	44%
I share the responsibility equally with someone else	52%
Someone else makes the decisions	4%

Do you currently have a bank account in your own name?

Yes, an individual account in my name	57%
Yes, both an individual and a joint account	20%
Yes, a joint account only (not solely in my name)	16%
No	6%

Do you have access to money that you can spend freely without asking anyone’s permission or telling them?

Yes, always	76%
Yes, sometimes	14%
Rarely	7%
Never	3%

How confident do you feel in your ability to manage money?

Very confident	47%
Somewhat confident	41%
Not very confident	10%
Not at all confident	2%

QUESTION #4 | SUPPORT FOR MEDICATION ABORTION
How much do you, personally, support or oppose the following: Allowing women to obtain the pills needed for a medication abortion from a healthcare provider, either in-person, or via telemedicine/by mail.

	June 2024	August 2025
Strongly oppose	8%	10%
Somewhat oppose	6%	9%
Neither support nor oppose	24%	19%
Somewhat support	23%	16%
Strongly support	39%	46%

A majority (62%) supported medication abortion in both June of 2024 and August of 2025.

	Traditionalist*	Pragmatist	Centrist	Egalitarian
Strongly oppose	25%	11%	6%	1%
Somewhat oppose	13%	17%	9%	1%
Neither support nor oppose	27%	25%	22%	5%
Somewhat support	16%	22%	18%	8%
Strongly support	20%	24%	45%	85%

Support for medication abortion is highest among Egalitarians (93%) and lowest among Traditionalists (36%).
At least one quarter of both Traditionalists (27%) and Pragmatists (25%) reported neither supporting nor opposing medication abortion.

* Learn about our audience segments.

QUESTION #5 | KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICATION ABORTION
Do you know what “medication abortion” is and how it works?

Yes	72%
Unsure	19%
No	9%

Based on your understanding, what is “medication abortion” and how does it work? It’s ok if you don’t know or are not sure whether you’re correct. Just answer to the best of your ability!

[of respondents who said they know what medication abortion is and how it works]
Correct explanation	15%
Mostly correct explanation	57%
Incorrect explanation	2%
Incorrect (Plan B)	24%
Doesn’t know or can’t explain	1%

While 72% of respondents reported knowing how a medication abortion works, only 15% of those respondents provided a fully correct explanation.
Of incorrect explanations, nearly all conflated medication abortions with emergency contraception such as Plan B.

QUESTION #6 | RED LINES
Whether or not you think they will actually happen, which of the following actions would you consider a “red line” if the federal government did them? In other words, if the government did these things, you would feel the need to speak out, protest, refuse to follow the law, or take other actions against them? Please select all that apply.

	March 2025	August 2025
Allows the military to use deadly force against peaceful protesters	58%	58%
Uses the justice system to jail political opponents without proof they did anything wrong	54%	53%
Refuses to abide by lawful court orders and takes unconstitutional actions	52%	50%
Passes a law taking away custody rights from transgender, lesbian, and gay parents and forcing their children to be taken from them	51%	46%
Takes away citizenship from children born in the U.S. to immigrant parents who came here illegally	43%	42%
Passes a law that forces people to report anyone who isn’t a citizen to the government	44%	41%
Uses federal agencies to stop media outlets from criticizing elected officials	41%	38%
I would not risk my safety or the safety of my loved ones to oppose any of these actions	20%	21%
I would not oppose any of these actions	4%	6%

Between March and August of 2025, the percentage of respondents willing to speak out or protest against the above actions dropped slightly, but mostly within the margin of error. As a reminder, this compares two different samples of women.
The largest change related to laws that would take custody rights away from LGBTQ+ parents. While 51% reported this as a “red line” topic in March of 2025, only 46% did in August.

QUESTION #7 | OPINION ON TRUMP POLICIES AND TAKING ACTION
Thinking about what people can do to show their views on President Trump’s recent policies, which of the following best describes you?

	Traditionalist*	Pragmatist	Centrist	Egalitarian
I have taken action to oppose President Trump’s policies since he took office	2%	1%	6%	35%
I would like to take action to oppose President Trump’s policies but have not done so since he took office	8%	12%	22%	35%
I oppose President Trump’s policies but would not take action to oppose them	11%	18%	34%	19%
I support President Trump’s policies but I would not take action to support them	35%	51%	28%	8%
I would like to take action to support President Trump’s policies but have not done so since he took office	29%	11%	4%	3%
I have taken action to support President Trump’s policies since he took office	15%	7%	7%	1%

A majority (51%) of Pragmatists said they support Trump’s policies but would not take action to support them, as did a plurality (35%) of Traditionalists and 28% of Centrists.
A plurality (34%) of Centrists said they oppose the same policies but would not take action to oppose them.
Many (35% each) Egalitarians say they have either taken action to oppose Trump policies or that they have not, but would like to.

* Learn about our audience segments.

QUESTION #8 | REASONS FOR NOT TAKING ACTION
How important are each of the following when it comes to explanations for why you may not have participated in activities to oppose President Trump’s policies?

	Not at all important	Not too important	Somewhat important	Very important
I am worried about my safety in taking those actions	9%	18%	39%	33%
I don’t think those actions will create change	11%	17%	49%	24%
I am worried I will face consequences at work or in my personal life	25%	25%	28%	22%
I do not know how to participate in those actions	20%	27%	35%	17%

At least half of all respondents said each of these reasons is somewhat or very important, with most (73%) saying they don’t think those civic actions will create change.

QUESTION #9 | IMPEACHMENT ARGUMENTS
The following is a list of actions taken by President Trump. How convincing do you find each of the following arguments as a reason to impeach President Trump?

	Not at all convincing	Not very convincing	Somewhat convincing	Very convincing
President Trump violated the rights of both American citizens and undocumented immigrants by removing them from the country without due process, including denying them a chance to have their cases heard in court	20%	20%	26%	34%
President Trump pardoned individuals who were convicted of crimes related to the January 6th Capitol attack	19%	23%	22%	36%
President Trump used the Justice Department to pressure his political opponents – like law firms, universities, and businesses – into going along with his wishes	16%	27%	25%	32%
President Trump accepted a $400 million luxury jet and investments in his companies from foreign governments	19%	25%	24%	33%
President Trump took military action against Iran without the knowledge or approval of Congress	18%	25%	25%	31%
President Trump refused to allocate money that had already been set aside by Congress to important programs for which Congress had already approved funds	17%	28%	24%	30%

A majority of respondents find each of these somewhat or very convincing, with the most (60%) convincing being removing individuals from the US without due process, and the least (54%) being refusing to allocate money to important programs per Congress.