So you’re a left-wing media organ attempting to enlighten the hordes on an idea whose time has arrived. In your mind, at least.
But what to do? You want these peons to think that in order to be accepted by the intellectuals, they need to conform.
And then it comes to you: Run a story about a poll showing a majority of people in favor of this idea!
It’s got to have a herding question that leads people to only answer one way: Check
Since the idea involves children, it has to oversample people who don’t have any: Check
It absolutely MUST oversample Democrats: Check
Steve Gilbert at the Sweetness & Light blog has the sordid details.