“Completely Crazy”: The Voters Who Feel Strongly Enough to Act
When 68% of voters call a policy completely crazy, that’s a turnout signal, not just a poll number. The same survey measured intensity, which shows which issues motivate voting.
There’s a difference between “I think that’s wrong” and “that is completely out of line.” This survey asked both questions, and the gap between them identifies which issues turn agreement into action.
Key Takeaways
68% say it is completely crazy that schools can hide gender changes from parents, the highest intensity score in the survey, by a wide margin.
Three more issues top 60% completely crazy, returning deported criminals with tax dollars (61%), non-citizen voting (61%), and the $1,700 tax increase (60%).
Voting integrity shows the same intensity in reverse, 60% say proof of citizenship is completely common sense, and 58% say the same of photo ID.
Why It Matters
In a midterm election, turnout decides everything. Voters who call a position completely crazy not just somewhat are the ones most likely to show up, volunteer, donate, and talk to their neighbors. A position 78% call crazy is useful messaging; a position 61% call completely crazy is a mobilization tool.
How To Use This Data
Lead with the high-intensity issues in closing arguments and voter contact these are positions where voters already feel strongly, and the job is to connect that feeling to a candidate and an election date. Save lower-intensity issues for building coalition breadth, and avoid using the one genuine split, ballot counting, as an applause line.
The Completely Crazy List: Issues That Make People Angry
Schools hiding gender changes from parents: 81% crazy overall. 68% completely crazy the strongest intensity in the survey.
Taxpayer money to bring back deported criminals: 78% crazy overall. 61% completely crazy.
Illegal immigrants voting in local elections: 79% crazy overall. 61% completely crazy.
The $1,700 tax increase on families: 79% crazy overall. 60% completely crazy.
The Completely Common Sense List: Issues That Make People Vote
Proof of citizenship to register to vote: 79% common sense overall. 60% completely common sense — positive intensity that matches the highest crazy scores.
Photo ID to vote: 77% common sense overall. 58% completely common sense, within 2 points of citizenship on intensity.
Voting integrity is the issue cluster where strong positive feelings run highest — voters feel as strongly about what they want as about what they reject.
Issues That Are Clear But Feel Less Urgent
Males in women’s private spaces: 70% crazy overall, but only 55% completely crazy fifteen points below the top-intensity items.
Opposing verification for welfare benefits: 65% crazy overall, just 44% completely crazy the lowest intensity score on a clearly-crazy item.
Welfare with no work requirement: 68% crazy overall, 44% completely crazy broad agreement, softer feelings.
Use these issues to show coalition breadth; use the high-intensity issues above to show the coalition is fired up.
The Bottom Line
Most of these positions draw broad disapproval or broad support. But on six specific issues, the feeling is intense enough to drive action. Those are the voters and the issues worth finding first.
*Source: America’s New Majority Project / Gingrich 360 / McLaughlin & Associates. National survey of 2,000 registered voters, May 14–18, 2026.
What’s Next
We will have more analysis on this messaging survey but up next, recent polling on our 250th celebrations of the Nation.
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