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CER School Choice Poll
The Center for Education
Reform's
2002 National Survey of Americans' Attitudes
Toward School Choice
A Poll Conducted by Zogby International
for CER
1. How much do you support or oppose providing parents with the option of sending their children to the school of their choice - either public, private or parochial - rather than only to the school to which they are assigned?
|
TOTAL |
RACE |
POLITICAL AFFILIATION |
CHILDREN UNDER 17 |
UNION |
||||||||
|
WHITE |
AFR. AMER. |
HISP. |
OTHER |
DEM. |
REP. |
IND. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
NO/NS |
||
|
Strongly/Somewhat Support |
76% |
77% |
75% |
70% |
78% |
69% |
87% |
83% |
83% |
73% |
73% |
78% |
|
Somewhat/Strongly Oppose |
20% |
19% |
20% |
30% |
23% |
27% |
11% |
24% |
16% |
22% |
23% |
19% |
2. How much are you in favor of or against allowing poor parents to be given the tax dollars allotted for their child's education and permitting them to use those dollars in the form of a scholarship to attend a private, public or parochial school of their choosing?
|
TOTAL |
RACE |
POLITICAL AFFILIATION |
CHILDREN UNDER 17 |
UNION |
||||||||
|
WHITE |
AFR. AMER. |
HISP. |
OTHER |
DEM. |
REP. |
IND. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
NO/NS |
||
|
Strongly/Somewhat Favor |
63% |
62% |
72% |
64% |
53% |
54% |
71% |
67% |
68% |
60% |
64% |
63% |
|
Somewhat/Strongly Against |
33% |
34% |
28% |
37% |
38% |
42% |
27% |
29% |
29% |
35% |
33% |
33% |
Key cross-tabulation findings. Percentages based on a total sample of 1204 respondents [slight weights were applied to party and race to more accurately reflect the voting population]. Numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding and omission, unless significant, of "Don't Know" and "Refused to Answer" responses. The survey was conducted from Tuesday, July 9 to Monday, July 15, 2002, and has a margin of sampling error of +/- 3%.
For CER's full analysis of the numbers, link to our press release: POLL FINDS 63% OF AMERICANS FAVOR SCHOOL CHOICE, Other surveys find growing support, August 20, 2002.
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