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Originally Posted by cacophony
it just doesn't jive with the rest of the assertions in the study.
ordinarily i get behind pew's research methods. but this strikes me as total, unadulterated bunk. poor statistics. there is zero chance that 25% of democrats think obama is muslim. zero chance.
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Well you're right about that, but that's not what the poll stated. It stated that, specifically, 23% of WHITE democrats who hold NEGATIVE VIEWS of Obama believe he's Muslim. This is a very specific demographic, but also, to me, a notable one.
And it actually does seem to jive with the rest of the study in my opinion. They state in the study that a full 11% of all whites think he's Muslim, period. So if you narrow it down even further, to white democrats who hold unfavorable views of Obama, then it's totally believable that the percentage could double. And frankly - no offense intended here - the results they cite are based on extensive research, while your denial of the results is based on it just sounding like "bunk" to you. That's not to say the Pew study couldn't be wrong, but it certainly wasn't just a number randomly picked out of the air. I'm totally open to any information you may have seen that disproves the Pew results, but in the meantime, while it's a disturbing finding, it also appears to be accurate when you consider all the factors.