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PPP not releasing school survey results

Submitted by KeungHui on 03/29/2011 - 11:00
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We're not going to find out, at least anytime soon, the results of a recent poll that Public Policy Polling did on the Wake County school system.

PPP says the poll conducted two weeks ago was for a private client and not for public release. PPP is a Democratic-leaning polling firm so you can guess who might have asked for the questions.

According to two people who were robocalled by PPP, they were asked questions such as:

* I am willing to pay higher taxes to attend a school closer to my home.
* Can you trust the federal/state/local government to do what is right?
* Do you have more than three friends of a different race?
* Do you have a favorable impression of Martin Luther King?
* What percentage of Wake County students do you think are bused for racial diversity?
* How long have you lived in this area?
* Where did you come from before moving to this area?

There were apparently other questions related to student reassignment and diversity.

The poll could potentially help shape how at least one person or group manages this fall's school board elections.

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Correction

Tue, 03/29/2011 - 13:33 — starsonours

Mr. Hui

Second to last bullet point looks like "lived" is missing.

 

Thanks.

Tue, 03/29/2011 - 15:08 — KeungHui (author)

Thanks.

Shocked?

Tue, 03/29/2011 - 11:51 — MissV

Not unusual for a Democrat to hire a Democratic polling firm and withhold the results when they don't get the desired answers. Sounds familiar....

Sounds like a future board candidate

Tue, 03/29/2011 - 11:25 — nancync

Must have been a future board candidate doing a poll to see if they could determine "hot" button issues they want to exploit.

 

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T. Keung Hui covers Wake schools.
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