{"id":1401080,"date":"2022-03-25T20:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401080"},"modified":"2022-03-25T20:00:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T00:00:18","slug":"polling-shows-majority-of-florida-democrats-support-gop-parental-rights-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/polling-shows-majority-of-florida-democrats-support-gop-parental-rights-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Polling Shows Majority of Florida Democrats Support GOP &#039;Parental Rights&#039; Bill\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolling-shows-majority-of-florida-democrats-support-gop-parental-rights-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401080&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A new poll shows that Florida Democrat voters support the Republican Legislature\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2022\/1557\/BillText\/c1\/PDF\">Parental Rights in Education<\/a>\u201d bill, despite a campaign from the radical left to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/09\/fact-check-floridas-dont-say-gay-bill-doesnt-mention-gay-would-apply-to-primary-grades\/\">falsely label<\/a> it the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myfloridahouse.gov\/Sections\/Bills\/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=76545\">passed<\/a> the Florida House in early March, would order that a \u201cschool district may not encourage classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in primary grade levels or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students.\u201d Despite the outcry from Democrats and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/02\/09\/1079541236\/florida-dont-say-gay-bill\">journalists<\/a>, the bill does not mention \u201cgay\u201d or any specific sexuality.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>NBC News reporter Marc Caputo drew attention to a poll in a <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/MarcACaputo\/status\/1507102864988164099\">Twitter thread<\/a> on Thursday from Floridians for Economic Advancement, which found that Florida Democrat primary voters support the bill 52 percent to 36 percent. The survey structured its question similarly to how the actual bill is written, asking respondents: \u201cShould students in Kindergarten through 3rd Grade be taught about sexual orientation in the classroom by their teachers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Caputo posted a slide from the poll, which was originally covered in a Florida Politics article \u2014 though Caputo called out the publication for omitting the question about the bill from its story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoll shows FL DEMOCRATIC primary voters support the GOP Legislature\u2019s \u201cParental Rights\u201d\/LGBT education bill by 52-36%. FL Capitol Dems opposed it &#038; made it a top messaging priority. (This is unmentioned for some reason in the story I QTd. This poll jibes w\/others I\u2019ve seen),\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Poll shows FL DEMOCRATIC primary voters support the GOP Legislature\u2019s \u201cParental Rights\u201d\/LGBT education bill by 52-36%<\/p>\n<p>FL Capitol Dems opposed it &#038; made it a top messaging priority<\/p>\n<p>(This is unmentioned for some reason in the story I QTd. This poll jibes w\/others I\u2019ve seen) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6HBMz2MW4d\">https:\/\/t.co\/6HBMz2MW4d<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bfS9ulp58A\">pic.twitter.com\/bfS9ulp58A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcACaputo\/status\/1506992422445797379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t my poll &#038; the publication should explain its sourcing &#038; also why these poll #s weren\u2019t addressed in the poll story, considering the issue of the bill was in the penultimate paragraph (last slide),\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2\/4 Well, this blew up. Sorry I can\u2019t address everyone, but a few points<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t my poll &#038; the publication should explain its sourcing &#038; also why these poll <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/s?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#s<\/a> weren\u2019t addressed in the poll story, considering the issue of the bill was in the penultimate paragraph (last slide) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lWtKKkkT0r\">pic.twitter.com\/lWtKKkkT0r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcACaputo\/status\/1507039538249613321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The publication has since added a paragraph to its story, acknowledging the poll results that show Florida Democrats are not buying into the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d propaganda, according to an<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220323090936\/https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/510595-double-digit-deficit-in-another-new-poll-doesnt-concern-nikki-fried\/\"> archived version<\/a> of the article.<\/p>\n<p>Caputo compared the results of the Floridians for Economic Advancement poll to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2022\/03\/15\/nolte-new-media-poll-debunks-fake-abc-poll-about-so-called-dont-say-gay-bill\/\">exclusive poll<\/a> released by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-poll-over-60-of-americans-back-floridas-limits-on-k-3-lessons-on-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity\">Daily Wire<\/a> on March 14. The Daily Wire\u2019s poll found that 62 percent of Florida Democrats \u201csupport the Florida bill\u2019s ban on classroom instructions on sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3, or at any level if it is not presented in a manner that is age or developmentally appropriate.\u201d Caputo pointed out that both polls used either similar or actual wording from the legislation when asking respondents about the bill.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span>Bonus thread! As noted above, we need more good polling. So far, most of the polling has been national,\u201d the reporter continued, in what could be seen as an out-of-character assessment for an employee of a far-left media company. \u201cTo those who think the text of the legislation should be polled, the conservative Daily Wire found majority support w\/Dems, Rs and Indies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome will dismiss DW because it\u2019s conservative (I\u2019m not, but I get the criticism). So here\u2019s Politico Morning Consult, which didn\u2019t ask the text of the bill, but it message-tested pro\/con &#038; used \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Even in the Politico\/Morning Consult <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.morningconsult.com\/wp-uploads\/2022\/03\/16070850\/2203090_crosstabs_POLITICO_RVs_v2_SH.pdf\">poll<\/a>\u00a0conducted nationwide in mid-March, 50 percent of overall registered voters support the bill and only 34 percent oppose. Broken down by political affiliation, more liberals opposed the bill than supported it, but greater majorities of conservatives and moderates supported the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the poll phrased its question with less emphasis on the reality of the legislation\u2019s language:<\/p>\n<p>It reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As you may know, the Florida legislature has passed a bill \u2013 labeled by opponents as the \u2019Don\u2019t Say Gay\u2019 bill \u2013 limiting the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity to Florida school students. Some say that limiting these discussions will protect children from inappropriate classroom topics, while others say it will block important conversations about LGBTQ issues.To what extent do you support or oppose the following items in the bill? Banning the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through third grade<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another far-left poll released around the same time from ABC News\/Ipsos tried to claim\u00a0that 62 percent of the country is opposed to the legislation. However, some deeper diving reporting from Ed Morrissey at <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/ed-morrissey\/2022\/03\/14\/oversample-abcs-weird-poll-on-floridas-sex-ed-bill-n455121\">Hot Air<\/a>\u00a0revealed that the poll panel oversampled LGBTQ respondents, which is \u201cnot a demographic that typically gets oversampled in polls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre we to believe that it\u2019s a coincidence that ABC\/Ipsos\u00a0<em>just so happened<\/em>\u00a0to oversample this community on a polling question that directly relates to them?,\u201d Morrissey queried. \u201cEspecially given the smaller sample size for a national poll (622 adults, not registered voters), it would appear that the pollster focused on specific localities where one would normally find a greater-than-usual percentage of LGBTQ respondents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katherineeeeee2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new poll shows that Florida Democrat voters support the Republican Legislature\u2019s \u201cParental Rights in Education\u201d bill, despite a campaign from the radical left to falsely label it the \u201cDon\u2019t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1401080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}