[CobaltBlue]

I was doing some research earlier today trying to find statistics on evolution/creationism and religion.

One of the things that I determined is that the pollsters for the most part don't play fair when they set up the polls.

People in general want the education system to be fair, to present all sides of a debate when all sides have a more or less equal shot at being true. They don't like authority figures playing "hide the ball" or mistreating valid points of view just because the people who have those points of view aren't also authority figures.

But if you turn the polls around, they don't want their kids being taught non-science.

It's a fascinating problem, especially since the extremes on both sides DO play fast and loose, aka "hide the ball." Made worse because both extremes say, "moi?"

[Dales]

Aaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhh!

I don't want to get sucked into the discussion...don't want to...must resist. But dagnabit, I have a weakspot for polls. Blast you!

You are absolutely right about the way that bias can be introduced into opinion polls by the way the question is phrased. It happens all the time, in polls of every variety.