There’s a new NPR/Ipsos poll tracking parents’ attitudes toward their kids’ schools. It’s a follow up from last year, when they did polling about how the schools handled COVID. The less overtly “political” stuff might be the most interesting aspect of the data.
The results were generally consistent across the political divide (i.e., not polarized), with some polarization re: sexuality and gender. Also, it indicates that many people have other things to worry about.
Here’s a summary.
They may be too hard to read, but I’ll post two pages anyway (you can find them in the document).
The question here is:
When given the choice, which of the following would you rather your child learn in school? Please select the one that comes closest to your view, even if neither is exactly right.
The question here is:
Do you believe your child’s school teaches each of the following topics in a way that is consistent with your values?
What do we make of the results? Are they what you’d expect? Do they have any political implications?
Considering who listens to NPR, these numbers are about what I’d expect. Sometimes I turn it on for my pig to listen to music while I’m at work and occasionally will hear reports that tell me about the intended audience.
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This is not a poll of NPR listeners. The methodology is included in the document.
And I once had a dog who enjoyed NPR, especially Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me and Selected Shorts.
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“Congress sucks, but my congressman is a good guy/gal”.
It’s the same phenomenon here, amplified by the outrage manufacturing.
It seems that this attitude is pretty consistent over time.
It really is. There is a lot of astro turf in this grass roots revolt against schools.
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zantax
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Midterms are going to shock someone.
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Why? Almost everyone already assumes that Democrats will get shellacked. It’s conventional wisdom. Is there anything less surprising than conventional wisdom?
At this point, the only thing that would be surprising if the Democrats kept the House and Senate.
Now that that’s out if the way, do any of these results surprise you? Are they in line with what you would have expected? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yeah, I don’t get that either.
zantax
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Lol you think it’s going to be a typical midterm, another one in for a shock.
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Okay, massive red-wave election ahead. Got it. Point taken.
There are innumerable threads where that can be discussed, exalted, etc.
Anything specific here, though?
zantax
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This thread is using a poll to suggest democrats are in better shape then they are. For pete sake just listen to your own democratic analysts who are all screaming dems are going to get slaughtered.
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It’s weird: there’s always has to be a subtext of: There’s no way you can ever acknowledge or know how bad you’re going to hurt, regardless of what you say, because the hurt will be unprecedented!
Meanwhile, we’ve all been here for 50 years.
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JimmyC
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How do you get that from either the OP or the poll or the article about the poll?
I don’t find this especially heartwarming for Democrats, regardless of how other people see it. If I wanted this to be about midterms, I’d be explicit. And if you’re going to mind-read incorrectly, I’d politely ask you to move on. You could comment on the polling, or add something other than, You’ll be sorry! You’ve already made that clear.
I sincerely—is this a word you know?—want to know how this squares with their own perceptions of schools, teaching, the public mood, etc.
If you can’t find an obvious club or a baseball bat to crack skulls in the data in the OP, well, you just bring your own. Because the clubbing is the important thing. LOL.
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