Language in America - Voter Support
Current Issues
- The End of Bilingual Education?
..........Voters Reject Bilingual Education
..........What Is Bilingual Education?
..........How Bilingual Education Has Failed
..........Federal Action"
..........Alternatives to Failed Bilingual Education
- Statehood for Puerto Rico?
- Bilingual Ballots
- English and Citizenship
- The Fragmentation of Canada
- Voter Support
- English As The Official Language
- History of English As America's Common Language
U.S. News & World Report
September 1995
Lake Research/Tarrence Group
73% of American voters favor making English the official language of government (for instance, printing government forms only in English).
Gallup Organization
April 1996
82% of voters support English as the official language, about the same as support a balanced budget amendment or an increase in the minimum wage.
San Francisco Chronicle
March 1990
In California, 69% of Hispanic-Americans, 76% of Chinese-Americans and 90% of Filipino-Americans favor making English the official language of California.
Mervyn Field Poll
November 1986
53% of Hispanics who voted in November 1986 election cast their votes in favor of ballot initiative declaring English the official language of California.
