I have no hard numbers at my disposal for public support for vouchers. Regardless, it has been a thumping bust, politically speaking. It has been responsible for a lot of lost votes in suburbs, because the Democrats have claimed repeatedly that vouchers are "taking money from our public schools." Republicans have no response, and the upper-middle class residents who have good public schools vote for the Democrat.
The voucher issue was supposed to be the Republican gateway to black, Hispanic, and other inner-city voters. While most poor blacks support vouchers, they have continued to vote for the anti-voucher Democrats.
All in all, Republicans should demand an education tax credit that can be used by families for school choice. Drop the "voucher" terminology altogether. Of course none of this was in the recent education bill.
I agree. BUT, there's that problem with the uninformed, or non political masses. They fear great change. It would have to be slow, and the vouchers would have been a good start.
Even the vouchers confused many, and with the democrap lies, it was just too much change for them.
It's important to keep this issue front and center. Pro-school choice should be a little more assertive with the truth, eh?