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March 28, 2008

Ignorance plays no favorites, nor does bigotry

Demonstrating that being a Democrat isn't a vaccine against ignorance, Art Levine of Huffington Post cites a new Pew Foundation poll which shows that 23% of *white* anti-Obama Democrats believe that he's a Muslim.

From the Pew poll:

White Democrats who hold unfavorable views of Obama are much more likely than those who have favorable opinions of him to say that equal rights for minorities have been pushed too far; they also are more likely to disapprove of interracial dating, and are more concerned about the threat that immigrants may pose to American values. In addition, nearly a quarter of white Democrats (23%) who hold a negative view of Obama believe he is a Muslim.

Posted by Kevin at March 28, 2008 11:26 AM