fun with polls

NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Annenberg Poll. Sept. 19-25, 2014

“If it were determined by the military commanders that the best way to defeat the ISIS army was to use American military troops on the ground, would you be in favor of this decision or would you be in opposition to this decision, or do you really not have an opinion one way or the other?”

in favor 45%
opposed 37%
no opinion 15%
fish 2% (how much less opinion can you have than ‘no opinion’??)

Gallup Poll. Sept. 20-21, 2014

“Would you favor or oppose the United States sending ground troops to Iraq and Syria in order to assist groups in those countries that are fighting the Islamic militants?”

favor 40%
oppose 54%
unsure 6%

so, does this mean that boots on the ground are mostly popular, gaining popularity, or no popular?