Despite Blatant Media Misinformation, Polls Show Majority Support For FL Bill

Federal Democrats and leftist media have turned Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Bill, HB 1557, into an incredibly divisive and inflammatory issue. In fact, they’ve blown it into a national issue. There was round-the-clock mainstream media coverage supposedly showing what an incredibly unpopular and damaging issue the bill was in both Florida and the country.

Which is why some will probably be surprised to find out the truth about how real voters feel about the most “controversial” points when they are given factual information about the actual contents of the bill, rather than the media’s activist misinformation.

Floridians for Economic Advancement commissioned a survey of 701 likely Democratic Primary voters and asked a question about the controversial Florida bill HB 1557, “Should students in Kindergarten through 3rd Grade be taught about sexual orientation in the classroom by their teachers?”

The results are pretty clear:
“The poll suggests there may be less concern than might be expected about what critics dub the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. About 52% of respondents say students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade should not be taught about sexual orientation in class by teachers.”

Poll shows FL DEMOCRATIC primary voters support the GOP Legislature’s “Parental Rights”/LGBT education bill by 52-36%

FL Capitol Dems opposed it & made it a top messaging priority

(This is unmentioned for some reason in the story I QTd. This poll jibes w/others I’ve seen) https://t.co/6HBMz2MW4d pic.twitter.com/bfS9ulp58A

— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) March 24, 2022

52% of Democrat voters in Florida support the actual contents of the controversial bill. Y’all, this is JUST DEMOCRAT VOTERS they were surveying. So more than half of their own party actually supports the bill that the leftist activist media is trying to make you believe is overwhelmingly despised.

Interestingly, the Daily Wire also commissioned a national poll on the same issue, because the leftist activist media blew it into national outrage proportions. And those results are also not what you would have assumed, based on national mainstream media coverage. The sample group of 1,000 was slightly Democrat heavy, and a number of questions with language taken directly from the contents of HB 1557 show majority support for the bill.

The Daily Wire conducted a national poll on Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill, dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.”

The 1,000 person sample was 37% D, 32% R, 31% I, and +4 Biden in the 2020 ballot, consistent with official totals.

The results are clear: Americans support it. pic.twitter.com/pDyuCT0A2r

— Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) March 16, 2022

And then Politico did a survey where they actually used misleading leftist activist language, like repeatedly incorrectly calling it the “Don’t Say Gay” bill rather than using the actual contents of the bill, a factual representation of it, or even “Florida HB 1557.”

I’d like to draw your attention to how @realDailyWire worded its question vs. how Politico/Morning Consult did it.

DW showed the actual text of the bill.

Politico called it “Don’t Say Gay” and offered political arguments.

Even then, in both, most Americans support the bill. pic.twitter.com/4tkqVyBQBn

— Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) March 16, 2022

If the tables were turned, this would be labeled “misinformation,” which it absolutely is. But even with the blatant partisan misinformation and obvious attempt to bias the respondents to obtain a particular result, they still got a similar result of majority support for the bill itself and its contents.

Two days after a @realDailyWire study found that 64% of Americans support Florida’s parental rights bill key provision when they read it, a Politico poll found a similar result — even after wrongly calling it “Don’t Say Gay.” https://t.co/Yy46nlkJ7E

— Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) March 16, 2022

So, when people were asked questions about the actual contents of the bill, the survey showed 64% support vs 22% oppose. But when people were preemptively biased by misinformation and misleading language, the survey still showed 50% support vs 34% oppose. Either way, it shows majority support for the bill.

Weird, though, because the media coverage makes it appear very differently, doesn’t it?It’s almost like they want you to believe something that’s not true. Like they want to manipulate your perception of the issue.