Chicago mayor's race reaches fever pitch in final days

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The national attention to schooling is also a flashpoint in the race, with both candidates offering different visions for financing public education and tackling declining enrollment.
52% : Support for charter schools has waned in recent years, but still has some prominent supporters including former Obama Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who endorsed Vallas in the race.
47% : "Regardless of party and stature, anyone supporting Paul Vallas is supporting the destruction of public education in Chicago as we know it given his record," Rahna Epting, executive director at MoveOn, told The Hill.
32% : Johnson has opposed adding charter schools and rejects student-based budgeting, which relies on enrollment, instead advocating for fully funding schools.

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