New Civitas poll finds that North Carolinians want to ditch the cap on charter schools:
Strongly Favor ? 44 percent
Somewhat Favor ? 30 percent
Somewhat Oppose ? 9 percent
Strongly Oppose ? 14 percent
Don?t Know ? 4 percent
Total Favor – 73 percent
Total Oppose ? 22 percent
Republican (77 percent support-20 percent oppose) and Democratic voters (71 percent support-24 percent oppose) both support allowing more charter schools to operate. Unaffiliated voters favor removing the cap by a 74 percent-21 percent margin.
According to the poll, a higher percentage of white Democrats opposed de-capping charter schools than any other group listed in the crosstabs.
