"Among political elites, virtually everyone is more critical of teachers unions than of unions in general. But the voters like teachers a lot." (People Love Teachers Matt Yglesias)
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I check and found the data source, a NBC/Wall Street Journal done Feb 24-28, 2011. For the data you quote, the survey did not ask respondents whether they were registered voters. To say "voters like teachers a lot" based on that data is a big stretch.
Posted by: Linda | March 07, 2011 at 09:18 AM