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The View From Texas

By The Daily Dish
Oct 30 2008, 11:49 AM ET

It seems like a country unto itself in this election, with McCain enjoying the same kind of lead that Obama gets nationally. Maybe this has something to do with it:

In order to gauge public awareness of Obama's religion, we asked respondents, "What do you believe Barack Obama's religion to be?" A plurality, 45.5%, chose the "Protestant" option, and 28 % couldn't say. Twenty percent, however, said that Obama is a Muslim.



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