Just a FYI that the right-leaning Rasmussen poll shows the exact opposite, namely that Americans don't like unions and that they disagree with the Employee Free Choice Act.

Poll # 1 is on the Employee Free Choice Act:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_c ontent/business/jobs_employment/61_say_s ecret_ballot_is_fair_way_to_vote_for_a_u nion

Sixty-one percent (61%) of Americans say it is fair to require a vote by secret ballot if workers want to form a union. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 18% say it is not fair to require a secret ballot.

61% of Americans think that secret ballot (the opposite of what the Employee Free Choice Act mandates) is a fair way to form a union, 18% of Americans think it is unfair (and thus believe that the Employee Free Choice Act is needed.)

#2 on whether Americans "like" unions:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_c ontent/business/jobs_employment/just_9_o f_non_union_workers_want_to_join_union

As for personal preference, only nine percent (9%) of non-union workers would like to join a union. Eighty-one percent (81%) would not.

Even among those who are worried about losing their jobs in the near future, only nine percent (9%) would like to join a union. There is also no difference in a desire for union membership between those whose firms are hiring and those who are laying people off.

Since only 24% of workers currently belong to a union this polling result suggests that a vast majority of workers overall, and with that a vast majority of Americans, oppose any type of union membership.

How can Gallup show findings so extremely different from Rasmussen?  Why does Gallup show a rather union-friendly populace while Rasmussen shows surveys that suggest that the populace is vehemently opposed to unions and the EFCA?   The answer probably lies in the fact that Rasmussen has a heavy right lean.  They ask loaded question to get certain desired result, which the GOP will then proceed to run with (even if 6 other polls show the exact opposite of what Rasmussen came up with.)  I am not sure about the exact way the question was asked in regards to the union and EFTA polls, but one recent poll surveying a Rush Limbaugh question shows why Rasmussen simply can't be trusted AT ALL outside of polling conducted during the last 2 or 3 days of a national vote:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archive s/individual/2009_03/017142.php

   Despite efforts by the Obama political team and its surrogates to link Rush Limbaugh to the Republican Party, just 11% of GOP voters say the conservative radio commentator is the party's leader.

   Eighty-one percent (81%) of Republican voters disagree and 8% are undecided in a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

Wow.  With Limbaugh commanding an incredible presence and a large radio listening crowd only 11% of Republicans see Limbaugh as  the party's leader while 81% disagree?  Way to debunk the Democrats' notion that Limbaugh is the defacto leader of the GOP.  BUT, if you look closer, here is  the actual question that was posed by Rasmussen:

"Agree or Disagree: 'Rush Limbaugh is the leader of the Republican Party -- he says jump and they say how high.'"

Way to pose the frigging question, Scott.  Even the most loyal and sheepish dittohead would not admit to be a mere lemming for Limbaugh nation.

Kleefeld:

When the question is posed the way it is "not surprisingly, GOP respondents don't want to admit they are the yes-man patsies of a radio loudmouth." - Eric Kleefeld  

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/ 03/new-poll-on-limbaugh-its-all-in-how-y ou-ask-the-question-isnt-it.php

Says Yglesias:

"Rasmussen is a pretty good pollster whose results are within the range of accuracy one wants from a pollster. But polling is a crowded business. And Rasmussen doesn't also have a daily newspaper or a television network to tout his results. His business, however, requires attention. So how does he get that attention? Well in part he gets it with issue polling that, while basically methodologically sound, has question-wording that's designed to lead to conservative-friendly results. Then the results come out and conservatives tout the results as vindicating their position. It's free PR for Rasmussen, it's a morale booster and message-driver for the right."