They know that education is the only way out of poverty. And when you empower people and give them a sense of ownership, they become responsible, and they learn how to make decisions. And when they are treated with dignity and respect, they respond to it. Choice empowers parents. It allows them to choose the best school for their children.
Poor people are the same as rich people.
They may not have much money, but they have the same desires and the same needs. And poor people make decisions all the time. They decide where they are going to live, what grocery store to buy from, where to shop for clothes - they decide everything, but all of a sudden, the educrats claim that they don't have enough sense to make a decision about the education of their children. In the name of protecting the poor, they all opposed choice. We didn't try to beat them-they were too powerful.