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National Latino Minds Poll

Zogby International, Latino Minds Poll, May 1-10, 2001: 1188 Hispanic adults.
"There is federal legislation proposed which would require all public school instruction to be conducted in English and for students not fluent in English to be placed in an intensive one-year English immersion program. Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose such a law?"

  100%
All
42%
Imm
28%
1stG
13%
2ndG
7%
3rdG
7%
4thG
52%
Mex
15%
PR
7%
Cubn
4%
Dmnc
22%
Other
Strongly Support 58 65 52 51 43 59 55 60 66 59 59
Somewhat Support 18 14 22 20 27 13 20 17 17 14 15
Total Support 76 79 74 71 70 72 75 77 83 73 74
Not sure 2 3 1 3 - 6 3 1 5 - 2
Total Oppose 22 18 25 26 30 23 23 22 12 27 24
Somwhat Oppose 9 8 11 10 12 11 10 8 6 8 12
Strongly Oppose 13 10 14 16 19 11 13 14 6 18 12

  22%
East
28%
South
18%
Cnt/Lk
32%
West
10%
V/Lib
21%
Lib
24%
Mod
26%
Cons
3%
V/Cns
2%
Librt
14%
N/S
Strongly Support 59 62 58 52 57 53 50 64 77 43 65
Somewhat Support 14 18 19 21 18 18 24 15 3 22 14
Total Support 73 80 77 73 75 72 74 79 80 65 79
Not sure 2 3 1 2 2 - 3 2 - 4 4
Total Oppose 25 17 22 25 23 28 23 19 20 30 17
Somwhat Oppose 11 7 11 10 10 11 10 8 13 17 5
Strongly Oppose 14 10 11 15 14 17 12 11 7 13 12

  32%
NChld
14%
1Chld
15%
2Chld
6%
3Chld
4%
4CHld
Strongly Support 50 58 64 67 67
Somewhat Support 21 18 16 10 12
Total Support 71 76 80 78 80
Not sure 2 2 1 4 -
Total Oppose 26 22 19 18 20
Somwhat Oppose 13 6 7 8 8
Strongly Oppose 14 15 13 10 12