new york majority americans believe transgender individuals allow serve military accord exclusive reuters/ipsos opinion poll release friday july 26-28 poll suggest country largely disagree president donald trump announcement week ban transgender personnel arm force ask weigh debate 58 percent adults agree statement transgender people allow serve military twenty-seven percent say rest answer know democrats mostly support military service transgender americans republicans evenly split among republicans 32 percent say transgender americans allow serve 49 percent say another 19 percent republicans say know public also divide impact ban transgender service members 32 percent say would hurt morale military 17 percent say would improve morale another 33 percent felt would impact rest say know ask impact military capabilities 14 percent say prohibit transgender service members make military capable 43 percent say impact 22 percent say less capable rest say know president announcement make post twitter account surprise many senior military officer appear pre-empt ongoing pentagon review inclusion transgender service members unite state top military officer marine corps general joseph dunford say military alter current policies receive additional guidance trump secretary defense roger kaikko 61 trump voter near cleveland ohio take poll say disagree president even president able take right away people may like kaikko say people unless cause problems serve like anybody else reuters/ipsos opinion poll conduct online english across unite state gather responses 1,249 adults include 533 democrats 434 republicans credibility interval measure accuracy percentage point entire group percentage point democrats republicans exclusive majority americans support transgender military service poll