One in 10 Voters Mistakenly Thinks Obama is Muslim
WASHINGTON — One in 10 voters believes Barack Obama is Muslim, a mistaken impression that lingers across party lines, a poll showed Wednesday.
Fourteen percent of Republicans, 10 percent of Democrats and 8 percent of independents mistakenly think he is Muslim, according to a survey by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. Just over half of each group correctly identified him as Christian, while about a third said they don’t know his religion.
The false rumor that the Democratic presidential candidate and Illinois senator is Muslim has been fanned on the Internet and conservative talk radio.
It has persisted despite the recent controversy over divisive remarks by his longtime pastor at the Trinity United Church of Christ, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Those saying they have heard a lot about Wright’s comments are about as likely as others to say they think Obama is Muslim, the poll showed.
Conservatives, less educated voters and white evangelical Protestants are likelier to believe Obama is Muslim, as are people from the South, the Midwest and rural areas, the poll showed. Nearly a quarter of white Democrats with unfavorable views of Obama say he is Muslim though overall, blacks are about as likely as whites to hold the misconception.
In an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll in January, 4 percent offered the word “Muslim” when asked to describe Obama.
The Pew poll was conducted March 19-22. It involved telephone interviews with 1,503 adults, including 618 Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 3 percentage points for all adults and 4.5 percentage points for Democratic voters.
He might as well be. Maybe the voters just mentioned which religion he most sympathizes with.
becuase its close enough, racist as$black man
Obama is a born again Christian, and he is the next President comes November.
His church claims to be christian but that is very debatable. I don’t think it should even be concidered a church. More just a hall of hell sprewing hate and bigotry.
And how many of those 1/10 voters picked Clinton?
That’s because most American’s are more interested in what Brittney Spears is doing than what is going on in the government!
I am part of a large Italian family, why is it okay for the senators minister to call people of other nationalities names………the man is a bigot and preaches hatred from the pulpit. Hate will prevail as long as it is preached from the pupid on Sundays. This family will vote republican……..Obama stands by his minister, then he stands by his ministers beliefs.
We know very little about this man. TIme tells all!!
You need to do research before making a comment about conservatives being “less educated”. There are a lot of conservatives I know personnally who have a college education.
He certainly acts more similar to someone like Stalin, but a lot of his speeches are placed close to mosques.
Yes, tell me why he refused to place his hand over his heart while being sworn in to the Senate ?- Just because he’s black ?
God Help Us if this man ever becomes the President of the United States. He’s worse than Bush.
Hey Fox, just by looking at the first two comments, you kind of get a sense of who your audience is. Good work on being “FAIR AND BALANCED”.
who says it’s a mistake? he is.
RD. Your comment proves that no matter what the ASSOCIATED PRESS says, there are still going to be ignorant people in the world such as yourself that are going to believe what they want to believe regardless of how many times it is disproved.