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title: "Still Think Obama is Muslim"
description: "A stable minority of voters, 12%, think Barack Obama adheres to the Muslim faith."
date: "2008-07-16"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2008/07/16/still-think-obama-is-muslim/"
---

# Still Think Obama is Muslim

A July Pew Research survey found 12% of Americans continue to say Barack Obama is Muslim, virtually unchanged from 10% in March. This misperception is not limited to voters who oppose Obama. Identical percentages of Republicans and Democrats (12% each) think he is Muslim, and 37% of those who think he’s Muslim intend to vote him. A quarter doesn’t know, but significantly those who have heard different things back McCain (48% to 33%) while those who just don’t know back Obama (48% to 33%). [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/898/belief-that-obama-is-muslim-is-bipartisan-but-most-likely-to-sway-democrats)