If this is true, then the first thing we should do is drill ANWAR.
An example of the validity of polls: Several years ago, IBM decided they needed to get 'ahead of the crowd' as an 'open systems' company. They had no product but conducted a worldwide multi-millions ad campaign - at the end of the campaign they did a poll - in all geographies IBM was identified as the world leader in Open Systems solutions - despite the fact they had no, none, zero, nada - products that they actually SOLD as Open Systems solutions. IBM executives actually used this as an example of their effective advertising campaign. Polls are simply a way to create a perception and have virtually no relation to reality.
Of couse Alaskans want ANWR and want it now. But, you miss the point. The question is what do people in the lower 48 want for Alaskans? You see most people there view Alaska as their own private park and don't want Alaskans determining what is in their best interest or the best interest of America in this case. And now the ignorance of the manipulated masses in the lower 48 only want what is best for the caribou in a place they will never see or if they did would never go back.