The Chicken Ranch brothel, Pahrump, NV. Getty // Bloomberg
Q1. Today's questions are via user submission.
Prostitution is legal in six counties in Nevada — legal for sex workers, managers, and clients. In the rest of the US, prostitution is illegal for all parties.
Do you think prostitution should be legal for sex workers, managers, and clients in your state? (check all that apply)
Prostitution is legal in six counties in Nevada — legal for sex workers, managers, and clients. In the rest of the US, prostitution is illegal for all parties.
Do you think prostitution should be legal for sex workers, managers, and clients in your state? (check all that apply)
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Legal for sex workers
61%
62%
59%
36%
72%
84%
62%
73%
56%
54%
Illegal
31%
33%
30%
54%
20%
10%
32%
26%
33%
33%
Legal for managers
36%
41%
32%
25%
42%
48%
32%
45%
35%
33%
Illegal
43%
45%
42%
59%
33%
28%
49%
39%
44%
41%
Legal for clients
56%
57%
52%
34%
65%
76%
57%
69%
52%
45%
Illegal
34%
34%
35%
56%
23%
13%
40%
25%
35%
38%
Don't know
3%
3%
4%
3%
3%
4%
0%
3%
4%
6%
Don't care
2%
2%
3%
2%
5%
2%
2%
1%
3%
3%
Q2. Generally speaking, there are four modes of sex work legality in place around the world.
• Legal (as in the counties in Nevada)
• Illegal (as in the rest of US)
• Nordic Model (In Scandinavia, Canada, Israel) – legal to be sex worker, illegal to be manager or client
• New Zealand Model (in NZ) – legal for sex workers, managers, clients, but illegal to facilitate sex work for anyone under 18, or to do sex work if not a permanent resident.
Which of these do you think is best for a nation-wide law in the US?
• Legal (as in the counties in Nevada)
• Illegal (as in the rest of US)
• Nordic Model (In Scandinavia, Canada, Israel) – legal to be sex worker, illegal to be manager or client
• New Zealand Model (in NZ) – legal for sex workers, managers, clients, but illegal to facilitate sex work for anyone under 18, or to do sex work if not a permanent resident.
Which of these do you think is best for a nation-wide law in the US?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Legal
10%
13%
6%
7%
12%
11%
9%
10%
11%
8%
Illegal
31%
33%
30%
54%
19%
10%
35%
22%
34%
33%
Nordic Model
9%
6%
13%
5%
12%
13%
6%
9%
9%
11%
New Zealand Model
45%
44%
45%
28%
49%
62%
47%
52%
41%
43%
Other
2%
3%
2%
2%
5%
2%
1%
5%
2%
2%
Don't know
2%
2%
3%
3%
2%
1%
0%
2%
3%
3%
Don't care
0%
0%
1%
0%
2%
0%
1%
0%
0%
Q3. If sex work were decriminalized nation-wide in the US, what would be among the outcomes? (check all that apply)
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
More prostitution
69%
77%
61%
83%
57%
56%
84%
78%
64%
56%
Less
10%
9%
12%
7%
13%
12%
6%
5%
13%
14%
More sex trafficking
40%
40%
40%
64%
32%
17%
41%
33%
44%
41%
Less
43%
44%
42%
23%
51%
62%
54%
54%
36%
35%
Better public health outcomes
56%
52%
60%
32%
63%
81%
50%
69%
52%
54%
Worse
31%
36%
26%
53%
23%
10%
40%
25%
32%
30%
Helpful to economy
54%
60%
48%
38%
61%
70%
72%
69%
46%
39%
Harmful
20%
18%
23%
34%
12%
8%
14%
11%
27%
25%
Better family outcomes
24%
25%
24%
10%
27%
39%
25%
35%
19%
19%
Worse
46%
49%
42%
68%
34%
25%
55%
42%
49%
40%
None of these
1%
1%
1%
0%
2%
1%
0%
0%
1%
2%
Don't care
2%
2%
1%
2%
4%
1%
1%
3%
1%
1%
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