More than two months into Barack Obama's presidency, as many people incorrectly identify him as a Muslim as did so during the 2008 campaign. When asked about Obama's religious beliefs, 11% say he is a Muslim. In October, 12% said Obama is a Muslim, which was unchanged from earlier in the campaign.
In the current survey, 35% say they do not know Obama's religion, either because they do not know enough about him (22%), or because they have heard different things about his religion (13%); another 6% refused to answer.
As was the case last fall, white evangelical Protestants (19%) and Republicans (17%) are among the most likely to view Obama as a Muslim. Fewer than half in each group -- 38% of white evangelicals and 46% of Republicans -- correctly identify Obama as a Christian.
While relatively few Democrats (7%) say Obama is a Muslim, just 55% correctly identify his religious beliefs as Christian, down slightly from 61% last fall. Among independents, 10% say Obama is a Muslim (compared with 12% in October), while 45% say he is a Christian (50% in October).
The latest survey conducted March 9-12 among 1,308 adults reached on landlines and cell phones, finds continuing educational differences in views of Obama's religious beliefs: 68% of college graduates correctly identify Obama as a Christian, while 6% say he is a Muslim. By contrast, just a third (33%) of those with no more than a high school education say Obama is a Christian, while 14% see him as a Muslim.
How to conclude this, it shows that regardless of what Barack Obama's religious beliefs, he still win the presidency sits, these prove to us that the many people are accepting the candidate as they are and the issues of skin colour and religoius belief is no longer threat to the campaign.
In Malaysia scenario the same issues happened when it come to the candidate and the area he/she is placed by the party members. The issues of religous belief and race is put behind by the voters and what is more important is the agenda of the development and the transformation that he/she can make. What about the religious belief?....frankly, the voters wasn't care...
Regards
-MZA-
In the current survey, 35% say they do not know Obama's religion, either because they do not know enough about him (22%), or because they have heard different things about his religion (13%); another 6% refused to answer.
As was the case last fall, white evangelical Protestants (19%) and Republicans (17%) are among the most likely to view Obama as a Muslim. Fewer than half in each group -- 38% of white evangelicals and 46% of Republicans -- correctly identify Obama as a Christian.
While relatively few Democrats (7%) say Obama is a Muslim, just 55% correctly identify his religious beliefs as Christian, down slightly from 61% last fall. Among independents, 10% say Obama is a Muslim (compared with 12% in October), while 45% say he is a Christian (50% in October).
The latest survey conducted March 9-12 among 1,308 adults reached on landlines and cell phones, finds continuing educational differences in views of Obama's religious beliefs: 68% of college graduates correctly identify Obama as a Christian, while 6% say he is a Muslim. By contrast, just a third (33%) of those with no more than a high school education say Obama is a Christian, while 14% see him as a Muslim.
How to conclude this, it shows that regardless of what Barack Obama's religious beliefs, he still win the presidency sits, these prove to us that the many people are accepting the candidate as they are and the issues of skin colour and religoius belief is no longer threat to the campaign.
In Malaysia scenario the same issues happened when it come to the candidate and the area he/she is placed by the party members. The issues of religous belief and race is put behind by the voters and what is more important is the agenda of the development and the transformation that he/she can make. What about the religious belief?....frankly, the voters wasn't care...
Regards
-MZA-
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