Don't directly look for the results of the new Wake County school election poll being conducted by Public Policy Polling.
PPP was polling people across the county on Thursday with questions on topics such as the elections, student assignment and the performance of Superintendent Tony Tata. But PPP isn't releasing the results because it says it's a private poll.
PPP does a lot of work for Democratic groups and candidates. Plus, PPP President Dean Debnam founded the Wake Citizens for Good Government PAC that could try again to sway the election against Republican school board candidates.
The poll results could be used to help shape the campaign messages that will be used between now and Election Day.
According to people who were contacted, here are examples of questions that were asked.
People were asked if they would be more or less likely to vote for a school board candidate who was supported by the Democratic Party, the Republican Party or the Tea Party.
One apparently loaded question asked whether people would be more or less likely to vote for candidates who back the current board majority because some people say the board majority had "hurt the district's national reputation and made us the butt of national jokes"
Some other examples of loaded questions opened with the catch-all "some people say" that the board majority is "more interested in where children go to school than the education they get there" or "want to tear down the district's magnet program."
Another question asked if you'd be more or less likely to vote for candidates who "want to return us to the old practice of busing for socioeconomic diversity."
Another question asked if you'd be more or less likely to vote for candidates opposed by the Rev. William Barber and the Rev. Nancy Petty.
Comments
"But PPP isn't releasing the
Tue, 09/06/2011 - 07:15 — woodstock"But PPP isn't releasing the results because it says it's a private poll."
PPP only releases polls that support their highly biased, far left-wing point of view... so, they haven't released many poll results lately because their point of view is counter to that of the voting public. Like the Democrat candidates for the school board, they are on the wrong side of the issues.
The Complaints In The Comments Are Funny
Mon, 09/05/2011 - 08:20 — chaboardIt's clearly private polling to test campaign messaging....the questions are SUPPOSED to be loaded. That's the whole point!
I just wish I were on the campaign inside....would love to hear what landscape they are finding out there. Back in the day the N&O or other local news outlets would've done public polling on such hot local races - but I suppose the decline of the news industry has killed that kind of expenditure for good.
Fortunately, Wake County
Sun, 09/04/2011 - 12:53 — woodstockFortunately, Wake County voters are far too smart and educated to fall for the ridicously biased questions presented by liberal goofball Dean Debnam and his far left PPP.
I must say, it is thoroughly entertaining to see the desperation set so early with these far left liberal weenies.
Hopefully they are as smart
Sun, 09/04/2011 - 13:06 — allkidsfirstHopefully they are as smart and well-educated when dealing with the obviously loaded republican push-polls I've received!
I've never gotten a call
Sun, 09/04/2011 - 13:50 — nancyncfrom a republican poll on school boards, when did you get the call?
I did, however, get the PPP call, and man, the last 10 questions or so were very biased, to the point of being obnoxious!
"Some people say..." - how many of those questions I can't even recall but they were all aimed at denigrating the republican candidates, clearly.
I got a republican push poll
Mon, 09/05/2011 - 08:44 — allkidsfirstI got a republican push poll call close to the last school board election that was clearly biased, and much too late to be a test of campaign messaging.
District 4 School Board Calls
Sat, 09/03/2011 - 14:50 — MissVQuestion I received was if I'm more likely or less likely to support a candidate endorsed by the Tea Party or the Democratic Party.
Apparently Dean is afraid to use the word Republican because he lost his money betting on the last county commissioner race. (He never released those poll results).
Anyhow, thanks for the free publicity.
Venita Peyton, Candidate - Wake School Board District 4
The Wake Citizens for Good
Sat, 09/03/2011 - 12:07 — DrActualFactualThe Wake Citizens for Good Government is really bringing in money according to the recently filed reports.
The Poll
Sat, 09/03/2011 - 11:28 — earlyeducatorI received a PPP call and I would say the questions about the minority were equally loaded. The question you mention about busing actually said, "want to return us to the practice of forced busing for diversity." It included "forced" and did not include "socioeconomic."