I agree mcc.  It all comes down to the timing, the wording of the question and who was polled. Airbnb just spent $500,000 on promoting vacation rentals in residential neighborhoods, so that's fresh on people's minds. But once people become informed on the issue and how illegal vacation rentals impact the local housing supply and the character of the neighborhoods, they form a different opinion... and almost everyone who lives next to or near an illegal vacation rental opposes them!