National Polls/English for the Children

"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?"

	All	39% DEM	35% REP	26% Others	80% White	5% Latino	1% Asian	10% Black	48% MEN	52% WOM	19% Union
Strongly Support	48	44	53	46	49	46	48	40	48	47	45
Somewhat Support	29	27	29	30	28	26	25	35	28	29	28
Total Support	77	72	81	76	77	71	73	75	76	76	73
Not sure	7	7	7	5	7	1	16	5	6	7	5
Total Oppose	17	21	12	19	16	28	11	20	18	17	22
Somewhat Oppose	10	11	7	13	10	18	8	8	11	10	11
Strongly Oppose	7	10	5	5	6	11	3	12	7	7	11

	23% East	26% South	31% Cnt/Lk	20% West	7% V/Lib	19% Lib	31% Mod	31% Cons	4% V/Cns	2% Librt
Strongly Support	49	47	46	50	38	40	48	53	59	49
Somewhat Support	29	29	31	24	31	30	31	26	19	27
Total Support	78	76	77	74	69	70	79	79	78	76
Not sure	6	8	7	5	3	6	5	8	11	6
Total Oppose	16	16	16	21	28	24	16	13	12	19
Somewhat Oppose	10	10	9	13	15	15	10	8	6	3
Strongly Oppose	7	6	8	8	13	9	6	5	6	16

	25% Cathlc	44% Protst	1% Jewish	30% Other	21% Born Agn
Strongly Support	48	50	48	43	51
Somewhat Support	30	28	26	29	27
Total Support	78	78	74	72	78
Not sure	5	7	8	7	7
Total Oppose	17	15	17	21	15
Somewhat Oppose	10	9	9	11	10
Strongly Oppose	7	6	8	9	6

New York Poll/English for the Children

"There is legislation proposed for New York State 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?"

	All	50% DEM	32% REP	17% Others	81% White	3% Latino	2% Asian	8% Black	38% MEN	62% WOM	31% Union
Strongly Support	51	45	57	56	51	47	58	51	52	51	50
Somewhat Support	27	27	26	26	27	15	18	27	25	28	26
Total Support	78	72	74	81	78	62	76	77	77	78	76
Not sure	7	8	7	4	8	4	12	3	7	7	6
Total Oppose	15	19	9	14	14	34	12	20	16	15	18
Somewhat Oppose	9	11	5	11	10	13	3	6	9	9	10
Strongly Oppose	6	8	4	4	4	21	9	14	7	5	8

	43% Upst	29% Subrb	28% NYC	8% Manh	6% Brook	4% Brnx	7% Qns	3% StatIs	12% Jewish	43% Cathlc
Strongly Support	48	56	51	43	47	43	65	55	47	54
Somewhat Support	29	27	23	28	20	26	19	25	29	27
Total Support	76	82	74	72	68	68	84	80	75	81
Not sure	9	5	7	9	7	7	4	6	10	6
Total Oppose	15	12	19	19	25	23	12	14	15	13
Somewhat Oppose	10	8	9	9	12	11	5	12	11	8
Strongly Oppose	5	4	10	10	13	13	7	3	4	5

"There is legislation proposed for Florida 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?"

	All	39% DEM	39>br>REP	22% Others	77% White	11% Latino	1% Asian	11% Black	48% MEN	52% WOM	7% Jewish
Strongly Support	60	55	66	58	63	48	54	47	60	60	66
Somewhat Support	23	25	21	23	22	21	35	31	23	22	16
Total Support	83	80	87	81	85	70	89	78	84	82	82
Not sure	5	5	6	6	5	9	--	3	3	7	6
Total Oppose	12	16	7	13	10	21	11	19	13	11	12
Somewhat Oppose	7	9	5	6	6	10	11	9	7	7	9
Strongly Oppose	5	7	2	7	4	12	--	10	6	4	3

Illinois Poll/English for the Children

"There is legislation proposed for Illinois 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?"

	All	42% DEM	34% REP	24% Others	82% White	2% Latino	1% Asian	12% Black	48% MEN	52% WOM	23% Union
Strongly Support	49	46	52	51	50	61	53	39	50	49	55
Somewhat Support	30	30	29	31	30	13	35	33	30	30	29
Total Support	79	76	81	82	80	74	88	72	80	79	74
Not sure	6	6	8	3	6	10	--	6	4	8	4
Total Oppose	15	19	11	15	14	16	12	22	17	13	12
Somewhat Oppose	10	12	8	10	9	5	12	16	11	9	7
Strongly Oppose	5	7	3	4	5	11	--	6	6	4	5

Michigan Poll/English for the Children

"There is legislation proposed for Michigan 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?"

	All	41% DEM	32% REP	27% Others	86% White	1% Latino	1% Asian	10% Black	48% MEN	52% WOM	30% Union
Strongly Support	46	39	54	49	49	33	--	31	50	43	46
Somewhat Support	25	26	25	25	25	22	14	33	19	31	23
Total Support	72	65	79	73	74	55	14	64	69	74	69
Not sure	10	12	10	10	11	19	--	11	9	12	9
Total Oppose	18	23	11	17	16	26	86	25	22	14	23
Somewhat Oppose	11	14	7	9	10	--	57	13	13	8	14
Strongly Oppose	7	9	4	8	6	26	29	12	9	6	9

Missouri Poll/English for the Children

"There is legislation proposed for Missouri 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?"

	All	42% DEM	33% REP	25% Others	86% White	2% Latino	2% Asian	7% Black	48% MEN	52% WOM	17% Union
Strongly Support	52	47	57	53	52	40	66	38	50	53	55
Somewhat Support	25	26	23	27	26	10	17	21	25	25	29
Total Support	77	73	80	80	79	50	84	59	75	78	84
Not sure	9	9	10	6	9	--	--	6	8	9	6
Total Oppose	15	19	10	14	12	50	16	35	17	13	10
Somewhat Oppose	10	11	8	10	9	16	--	18	10	9	5
Strongly Oppose	5	8	2	4	3	33	16	18	6	4	5

Ohio Poll/English for the Children

"There is legislation proposed for Ohio 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?"

	All	37% DEM	37% REP	26% Others	90% White	1% Latino	1% Asian	7% Black	48% MEN	52% WOM	27% Union
Strongly Support	52	49	53	53	54	7	--	39	54	50	61
Somewhat Support	28	26	30	27	28	34	61	25	28	27	19
Total Support	80	75	83	80	82	41	61	64	82	77	80
Not sure	7	8	7	4	7	--	--	7	5	8	5
Total Oppose	14	17	9	16	12	59	39	30	13	15	15
Somewhat Oppose	7	9	6	6	6	37	39	14	6	9	7
Strongly Oppose	7	8	3	10	6	22	--	16	7	6	9

Pennsylvania Poll/English for the Children

"There is legislation proposed for Pennsylvania 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?"

	All	42% DEM	39% REP	19% Others	85% White	1% Latino	1% Asian	8% Black	48% MEN	52% WOM	24% Union
Strongly Support	55	48	64	51	57	40	90	40	56	54	51
Somewhat Support	26	28	22	31	26	40	--	30	24	29	27
Total Support	81	76	86	82	82	79	90	70	80	83	78
Not sure	8	11	6	4	7	--	--	14	6	8	5
Total Oppose	11	13	8	14	11	21	10	16	14	9	17
Somewhat Oppose	6	7	5	6	6	21	--	9	7	6	10
Strongly Oppose	5	6	3	8	5	--	10	7	7	3	7

Tennessee Poll/English for the Children

"There is legislation proposed for Tennessee 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?"

	All	39% DEM	37% REP	34% Others	85% White	1% Latino	1% Asian	12% Black	48% MEN	52% WOM	43% Born/Agn
Strongly Support	52	49	55	53	53	44	100	49	54	51	50
Somewhat Support	28	23	31	31	29	22	--	22	26	30	30
Total Support	80	72	86	84	82	66	100	70	80	80	80
Not sure	8	11	8	5	8	--	--	9	8	9	10
Total Oppose	12	17	6	11	10	34	--	21	12	11	9
Somewhat Oppose	7	8	5	7	6	--	--	11	7	7	5
Strongly Oppose	5	9	1	4	4	34	--	10	5	4	4

Washington Poll/English for the Children

"There is legislation proposed for Washington 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?"

	All	36% DEM	32% REP	32% Others	88% White	2% Latino	2% Asian	3% Black	48% MEN	52% WOM	24% Union
Strongly Support	41	32	51	41	42	46	21	36	41	41	37
Somewhat Support	29	28	32	28	29	25	56	30	30	29	28
Total Support	70	60	83	69	70	71	77	66	71	69	66
Not sure	10	10	9	11	10	4	--	--	8	11	10
Total Oppose	20	30	8	20	19	25	23	34	21	19	24
Somewhat Oppose	10	14	5	10	10	7	6	9	9	10	12
Strongly Oppose	10	16	3	10	9	18	17	25	11	9	12

Wisconsin Poll/English for the Children

"There is legislation proposed for Wisconsin 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?"

	All	35% DEM	34% REP	31% Others	92% White	1% Latino	1% Asian	4% Black	48% MEN	52% WOM	25% Union
Strongly Support	51	44	64	44	52	20	--	45	54	48	47
Somewhat Support	28	27	24	35	28	40	100	27	27	30	28
Total Support	79	71	88	79	80	60	100	72	81	78	76
Not sure	6	7	5	5	6	--	--	6	4	7	5
Total Oppose	15	22	7	16	15	40	--	22	15	15	20
Somewhat Oppose	8	12	4	9	9	--	--	10	8	9	13
Strongly Oppose	7	10	3	7	6	40	--	12	7	6	7