WASHINGTON (Web Desk) – A national poll in the US has found that a majority of Republicans (54 per cent) believe Barack Obama is a Muslim – and only 29 per cent believe he was born in the country.
That is somehow less than the 40 per cent who believe Canadian-born Ted Cruz was born in the United States.
When the same questions were posed to only Donald Trump supporters, the results were even more depressing.
Sixty-six per cent of Trump’s supporters believe that Obama is a Muslim and 61 per cent believe he was not born in the US.
Trump’s supporters represent the largest proportion in line with these beliefs, but they aren’t alone in them.
Only among the supporters of John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Marco Rubio are there more people who think President Obama was born in the United States than those who do not.
In addition only among the supporters of Christie, Kasich and Bush are there more who believe he is a Christian, not a Muslim.
These misconceptions about Obama are not the first to emerge this week.
