Poll: Uncertainty Over Obama's Faith
08.19.10 |
(Washington, DC) -- A new poll indicates there's a fair amount of uncertainty about President Obama's faith. A Pew Research Center poll shows one-in-five people say Obama is a Muslim. That's an increase from eleven percent last year. About one-third say he's a Christian, which is down from 48 percent who said so in 2009. In addition, 43-percent admit they don't know Obama's religion. Just over three-thousand adults were polled between July 21st and August 5th, before Obama announced his support for a mosque and Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero in New York.
The poll also found about one-third of self-described conservative Republicans believe Obama is a Muslim. That group largely finds fault with his job performance. A majority of those who think he's a Christian express approval of how Obama is handling the job.
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