This is the sort of thing where polls can indicate quite differently depending on who is asking and what is asked. And whether the people being asked actually understand the issue.

Misunderstanding about precisely what Apple has actually been asked to do for the FBI also seems widespread.

Apple has been rather consistently portrayed by media, for years, as accidentally successful with imminent potential failure just around every turn. The contradictory and conflicted nature of how Apple is portrayed and perceived is itself worthy of study.