Massachusetts Polls on English for the Children

"Would you vote yes or no on the following ballot question. A proposed law that would require all public school instruction to be in English and that students not fluent in English be placed in a one-year English immersion program. Definitely or probably?"

	All	33% DEM	14% REP	47% IND	7% N/S	44% Lib	14% Mod	39% Cons	47% MEN	53% WOM	66% OwnsHm
Definitely Yes	61	59	60	65	48	53	54	72	61	60	63
Probably Yes	16	13	24	15	21	17	13	15	16	16	15
Total YES	77	72	84	80	69	70	67	87	77	76	78
Not sure	8	8	8	7	7	7	20	5	6	9	7
Total No	15	20	8	13	24	23	13	8	17	15	15
Probably No	7	9	5	6	14	10	5	5	8	7	7
Definitely No	8	11	3	7	10	13	8	3	9	8	8

	28% West	16% North	26% Suburb	11% Boston	20% South
Definitely Yes	69	61	60	48	56
Probably Yes	11	13	14	28	21
Total YES	80	74	74	76	77
Not sure	8	11	6	11	8
Total No	15	15	20	13	15
Probably No	7	9	11	2	6
Definitely No	8	6	9	11	9

"As you may know, there is legislation proposed in Congress 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 support or oppose this legislation? Strongly or just somewhat?"

	All
Strongly Support	56
Somewhat Support	21
Total Support	77
Not Sure/Refused	7
Total Oppose	16
Somewhat Oppose	6
Strongly Oppose	10