Educating Germany

The poll at Antenne 1 is now closed and when I last checked 2 hours before closing, approx 61.56% were saying that 'Yes parents ought to be allowed to home educate their own children' and 38.44% were saying 'No'.

Thanks, to all who voted despite the language barriers and time differences and, to those who left comments in the Antenne 1 blog discussing the poll question.

I know that the raised awareness of this issue in the media and therefore the public, counts towards changing the tide of popular opinion. There was even a blog post (in German) to that end, recognising that people are likely to vote [no] without really thinking about what they are doing.

What struck me and other German homeschoolers listening throughout the day, was that regardless of where the majority of votes fell, only the 'no' votes were emphasised. At the top of the hour when the votes were marginally more than 50% in favour of parents rights to home educate, the radio presenter was still saying "more than 49% are voting no". That more than was only .x of a percent!

What happened to "more than 50% have voted 'yes'"?