We see on a national level a Gallup poll that asks 'Do you like charter schools'? Charter schools are being used as development tools moving underserved out of what will be future affluent schools in cities across the country. Now, one would not know if a response to this question was positive because the person liked that these charters allowed segregation or that the person liked charters for good education. The calls by the pollsters would most likely not reach the underserved who are largely effected by these schools. So they question is worthless.

On state and local levels polls are being done by marketing companies who specialize in getting their clients message to the public. So, if you have the governor pushing his/her issue using these marketing companies you will see the numbers always supporting the governor. Later, that issue will go to public referendum and be voted down because few people supported the issue.

So, it is obvious that these polling groups are skewing the data for what is now a corporate political scene. Both national political groups, Third Way corporate democrats and Republicans want to privatize public education, they both want taxes on the rich and corporations to remain low, they both want small government and privatizing public assets/jobs, they both want exceptional security, etc. So polls will show these issues with a majority.....when in fact that is not how most Americans feel.