The poll is from Public Policy Polling, which &quot;polls only for Democratic and progressive campaigns and organizations on a private basis&quot; and has a history of questionable methodology (e.g. changing the predicted electoral demographics to give Obama a steady lead).<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Public_Policy_Polling" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Public_Policy_Polling</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fivethirtyeight.com&#x2F;features&#x2F;heres-proof-some-pollsters-are-putting-a-thumb-on-the-scale&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fivethirtyeight.com&#x2F;features&#x2F;heres-proof-some-pollst...</a><p>An equivalent poll question might ask environmentalists whether they would support regulating the amount of dihydrogen monoxide that corporations could expel into the water supply. This poll is, I think, pretty obviously designed to get the sort of &quot;gotcha!&quot; response that a progressive campaign would be looking for.