Obama Is Muslim Believed By One In Six Americans, Only One In Four Identify Him As Protestant

From the HUFFINGTON POST:

After nearly four years in the Oval Office, President Obama is incorrectly thought to be Muslim by one in six American voters, and only one quarter of voters can correctly identify him as a Protestant, according to a new poll.

“Wow. He said it 100 times that he’s not a Muslim,” said Zainab Al-Suwaij, executive director of the American Islamic Congress, expressing surprise over the persistent number of American voters (16 percent) who make the mistake.

Is there something insidious behind the belief, a concerted attack to link the president with a religion that’s considered alien — or worse — by some Americans?

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EDITOR: The more we learn about the workings of the brain, the easier it is to understand why most people are counter factual in their conclusions.   We are dealing with a population of a small percentage that know what they are talking about.  You can fill in the rest.

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