Most U.S. citizens believe English should be made the official U.S. language but the majority of Hispanic-Americans do not, according to a U.S. News and World Report poll released Saturday.
The magazine said the poll found that 73 percent of all Americans favor that proposal but Hispanic voters oppose it 58 percent to 38 percent.It said the poll showed 76 percent of white voters and 58 percent of blacks favor the proposal.
Half of all Americans polled believed all other languages should be excluded from ballots and other government documents or proceedings, the magazine said.
It said 55 percent overall and a majority in every region of the United States agreed that bilingual education should continue so children do not fall behind in other subjects while learning English.
The magazine said 1,000 registered voters were polled, with an error margin of 3.1 percent.