Fifty-one percent of Americans favor taxpayer-funded school vouchers and 46 percent oppose the idea, according to a new poll. The survey was statistically little different from a similar poll conducted last year that found 49 percent in favor and 48 percent opposed to the idea of allowing parents to send their children to any public, private or church-related school if government pays all or part of the tuition. Most Jewish organizations oppose vouchers, but many Orthodox and politically conservative Jews favor the idea, arguing that vouchers are needed to provide better access to a quality Jewish education.
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