Show Of Hands asked:
Should an academically struggling child (i.e. one who is unable to perform at grade level) be held back to repeat a grade, or is the potential social stigma counter-productive?
| Repeat | Don't Repeat |
| Repeat | Don't Repeat |
| Repeat | Don't Repeat |
| 83% | 17% |
| 11,499 Votes |
| 83% | 17% |
Gender
MF
85%
6030
81%
4172
Age
<2121-40>40
91%81%86%
91%
12
81%
4297
86%
5555
Income
<50k50-100k>100k
81%85%85%
81%
2851
85%
2872
85%
2771
Party
DemocratRepublicanIndependentLibertarian
80%86%86%89%
80%
2626
86%
3103
86%
2745
89%
632
Alaska
(43 votes)
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Alaska (43 votes) |
81% | 19% |
Alabama (140 votes) |
89% | 11% |
Arkansas (114 votes) |
87% | 13% |
Arizona (219 votes) |
85% | 15% |
California (982 votes) |
82% | 18% |
Colorado (267 votes) |
82% | 18% |
Connecticut (100 votes) |
86% | 14% |
Wash. D.C. (32 votes) |
84% | 16% |
Delaware (29 votes) |
86% | 14% |
Florida (562 votes) |
85% | 15% |
Georgia (355 votes) |
88% | 12% |
Guam (2 votes) |
50% | 50% |
Hawaii (26 votes) |
88% | 12% |
Iowa (96 votes) |
73% | 27% |
Idaho (59 votes) |
81% | 19% |
Illinois (438 votes) |
80% | 20% |
Indiana (227 votes) |
88% | 12% |
Kansas (96 votes) |
84% | 16% |
Kentucky (155 votes) |
85% | 15% |
Louisiana (126 votes) |
89% | 11% |
Mass. (258 votes) |
82% | 18% |
Maryland (174 votes) |
80% | 20% |
Maine (45 votes) |
91% | 9% |
Michigan (313 votes) |
82% | 18% |
Minnesota (235 votes) |
74% | 26% |
Missouri (206 votes) |
84% | 16% |
Mississippi (71 votes) |
90% | 10% |
Montana (39 votes) |
84% | 16% |
N. Carolina (316 votes) |
87% | 13% |
N. Dakota (28 votes) |
85% | 15% |
Nebraska (90 votes) |
81% | 19% |
N. Hampshire (54 votes) |
87% | 13% |
New Jersey (246 votes) |
79% | 21% |
New Mexico (49 votes) |
87% | 13% |
Nevada (92 votes) |
90% | 10% |
New York (465 votes) |
82% | 18% |
Ohio (469 votes) |
83% | 17% |
Oklahoma (164 votes) |
90% | 10% |
Oregon (199 votes) |
81% | 19% |
Penn. (495 votes) |
83% | 17% |
Puerto Rico (4 votes) |
75% | 25% |
R. Island (43 votes) |
83% | 17% |
S. Carolina (132 votes) |
84% | 16% |
South Dakota (30 votes) |
80% | 20% |
Tennessee (261 votes) |
91% | 9% |
Texas (823 votes) |
87% | 13% |
Utah (203 votes) |
68% | 32% |
Virginia (345 votes) |
86% | 14% |
Virgin Is. (2 votes) |
100% |
Vermont (22 votes) |
77% | 23% |
Washington (369 votes) |
83% | 17% |
Wisconsin (208 votes) |
79% | 21% |
W. Virginia (49 votes) |
81% | 19% |
Wyoming (26 votes) |
84% | 16% |
Last updated: 2024-04-25T00:26:23+00:00