FiveThirtyEight
Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Trump says we speak English in the U.S., but we also speak Spanish: 35.8 million people speak Spanish, including 21 million U.S.-born Latinos who speak at least some Spanish at home, according to the Pew Research Center.
Leah Libresco

If you feel like you haven’t seen Huckabee or Walker in a while, that’s because they’re the two candidates to get only one question directed at them so far.
Harry Enten

Based on tonight’s debate, we’re likely to hear a lot about whether the ability to speak English should be required to become an American citizen. According to a June 2015 Public Religion Research Institute survey, the vast majority (89 percent) of Americans believe that speaking English is an important part of being an American. That’s a far greater percentage than said the same about believing in God (69 percent), being born in America (58 percent) or being Christian (53 percent).

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