Result on a recent poll asking conservative Illinois voters about the President’s citizenship and evolutionary biology tail with the same questions a week ago about Mississippi and Alabama voters. Although the results are slightly less depressing in Illinois:
Do you think Barack Obama is a Christian or a Muslim, or are you not sure?
Christian: 24
Muslim: 39
Not sure:37Do you think Barack Obama was born in the United States, or not?
Was born in U.S.: 36
Not born in U.S.: 36
Not sure: 28Do you believe in evolution, or not?
Believe in evolution: 41
Do not: 43
Not sure: 16
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The Lorax
March 19, 2012 at 12:01 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Seems the numbers are slightly better this time around, but still rather shameful.
raven
March 19, 2012 at 12:43 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
The “believe in evolution” numbers at 41% are quite unexpected.
By me anyway. I’m surprised they aren’t around zero.
richardelguru
March 19, 2012 at 1:34 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I do wish they wouldn’t phrase the evolution Q that way: If anyone ever asked me that I’d have a great temptation to push them downstairs and ask if they believed in gravity.
Stephen "DarkSyde" Andrew
March 19, 2012 at 1:42 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
LOL Richard!
robb
March 19, 2012 at 2:17 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
lol. i thought the exact same thing that Richard did!
pooder
March 19, 2012 at 2:17 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Richard,
You need to BELIVE in gravity! If you have no FAITH in gravity, it will let you DOWN!!
Woof
March 19, 2012 at 4:31 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Those were the only choices?
demonhauntedworld
March 19, 2012 at 4:57 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I said this before about the Alabama/Mississippi polls, but I’ll say it again: PPP really needs to do the scientifically rigorous thing and poll groups other than Republicans. Otherwise, what are we supposed to be comparing these numbers to (or, for the grammatically fastidious: to what are we supposed to be comparing these numbers)?
bahrfeldt
March 21, 2012 at 8:22 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Following up on Woof, above, shouldn’t the choices include
3) Atheist- Marxist
4) Atheist- Stalinist
5) Atheist- Maoist
6) Atheist- Other
7) CINO (Christian in name only)
8) Satanist
9) Disciple of Cthulu
10) Nazi
11) Hippie
12) Jew
????