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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Hawkinson

Republicans have bet big on anti-trans ads. Voters hate them

A new poll reveals that more than half of voters say Republicans’ ads attacking transgender people are ‘mean-spirited’ and ‘out of hand’ - (Getty Images)

A polling firm has revealed that more than half of registered voters view Republicans’ anti-trans ads as “mean-spirited.”

54 percent of voters agree with the statement that attack ads on transgender people have “gotten mean-spirited and out of hand,” according to polling data released Thursday by left-leaning Data for Progress. 31 percent of Republicans also agreed with the statement, according to the poll.

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