Zambia. and Zimbabwe have made English their official language. yet the United States has not? The pollsters. consistently over the last 20 years. have all shown positive results at levels in the 80s. the 80percentile range. In 1988. G. Lawrence Research showed 87 percent favored English as the official language. with only 8 percent opposed and 5 percent not sure. A 1996 national survey by Luntz Research asked: Do you think English should be made the official language of the United States? Eightysix percent of Americans supported making English the official language. Only 12 percent opposed it. Eightyone percent of firstgeneration immigrants. 83 percent of second-
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