RC: “No, actually the majority of people you hang with wants it.”
MM: On the contrary, it’s only the majority of people YOU hang with who don’t want it. Many polls show that most people want creation and/or ID to be taught in the schools along with evolution. Try again.
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http://www.evolutionnews.org/2006/03/americans_overwhelmingly_suppo.html
Headline: “Americans Overwhelmingly Support Teaching Scientific Challenges to Darwinian Evolution, Zogby Poll Shows” From March 2006.
http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?command=download&id=719
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Free Republic Poll on Evolution
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1706571/posts?page=63#63
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Creationism makes a comeback in US
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1856224/posts
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Teaching creation and evolution in schools
Solid research reveals American beliefs
http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v13/i2/teaching.asp
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Survey Finds Support Is Strong For Teaching 2 Origin Theories
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E4D9143BF932A25750C0A9669C8B63
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Public Divided on Origins of Life
http://people-press.org/report/254/religion-a-strength-and-weakness-for-both-parties
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Americans Believe in Jesus, Poll Says (creation poll results included)
http://derekgulbranson.com/2005/01/17/americans-believe-in-jesus/
The results indicate that about 30 percent of Americans believe that creationism should be taught as a scientific theory, either with or without evolution in the curriculum. At the other end of the spectrum, 20 percent believe that evolution should be taught in science class without any mention of creationism. Most respondents, though, took the middle road, saying that evolution should be taught as a scientific theory, while creationism should also be discussed -- as a religious belief rather than a scientific theory.(Sensible people.) And in the first poll you mention--commissioned by the Discovery Institute--the questions are obviously worded to give a leg up to the ID side.
Here's a pretty good overview of a lot of different polls and the elements that are consistent and the ones that vary depending on how the questions are asked. What seems most clear is that most people aren't really sure and are trying to be fair. But given the shifting election results in Kansas and the clear thumping the voters in Dover PA gave the school board there, it's hard to claim that "most people" want creationism taught in the schools along with evolution.