April 2, 2009
One in 10 Americans still think Obama is Muslim: poll
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Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON - More than two months after Barack Obama placed his hand on the Bible and was sworn in as president of the United States, 11 per cent of Americans still think he is a Muslim, a poll suggested on Thursday.
White evangelical Protestants and Republicans were the most likely to say Obama -- who has an Arabic middle name -- was Muslim in response to the poll question: "Do you happen to know what Barack Obama's religion is?"
Nearly one in five white evangelical Protestants and 17 per cent of the Republicans who took part in the telephone poll of 1,308 adults, which was conducted by Pew Research from March 9-12, said they thought Obama was Muslim.
Fewer than half in each group -- 38 per cent of white evangelicals and 46 per cent of Republicans -- correctly identified him as Christian.
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