Of all major religions in America, Muslims really like Obama the most

As a group, Americans of the Muslim faith give Barack Obama the highest job approval rating of any major religion.

A new Gallup Poll of 275,000 adults this morning finds that while the Democrat's overall approval ratings have dropped across all faiths -- even those Americans without any -- Muslims continue to approve of him the most. And you'll never guess which faith based in Utah thinks the least of the 44th president's job.

Seventy-eight percent of Muslims (down from 86% after Obama's inauguration) now approve of the president's 19-month job performance, while less than one-in-four Mormons (24%) do (down from 43%).

Catholics' job approval has fallen from 67% to 50%. Protestants' from 58% to 43%. Jews' from....

...77% to 61%. Other non-Christian religions' from 74% to 64%. And atheist/agnostic from 75% to 63%, believe it or not.

Overall, Gallup finds Americans' approval of Obama's job has dropped in the same time-span from 63% to 48%.

While consistently declining across faiths, Obama, who describes his own faith as Christian, has lost more among Mormons and least among Muslims, a group his administration has made special outreach efforts toward.

A separate poll last week (see Related Items below) found that nearly one-in-five Americans thought Obama himself was Muslim, while nearly halfway through his term, nearly half of the country didn't know what faith Obama holds.

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Photo: Associated Press (Obama announces his support of a mosque near ground zero at a White House Iftar dinner during Ramadan).

Comments

[Hostile Knowledge]

Imam Barack Hussein Obama is popular with Muslims?

Shocking!

[Mr. X]

Of course Muslims like him. Why wouldn't they like their own?

[nrb]

Wake up America!! The muslim invasion of the U. S. A. is growing and strengthening. Time to proclaim islam is seditious ideology.

Islam teaches and orders murder, suppression, and treachery.
Islam is not a religion, Islam is a seditious ideology.

[BLM]

This is NOT a good thing. Funny, his approval rating among REAL americans is sooooo low and high among American Muslims. After your one and only term is over, you can spend more time among your "constituency".

[Crisp]

This is news? People with similar beliefs, think alike.

[wasko]

No Way, REALLY? (Laying it on thick....)

[Tom]

There appears to be a consistent theme in all these numbers...a decline in popularity, which has nothing to do with faith or religion. It has to do with job performance. This Times poll is divisive and just stirs the pot.

[Charles Giacometti]

Once again, a former Bush staffer spins something to make Obama look bad.

Truly, only a Bush sycophant would come up with a headline, "Muslims really like Obama the most."

The dog whistle message to the Teabaggers? "Just as you have long suspected, Barack HUSSEIN Obama" really really really is a Muslim.

Of course, the real story here is that the wingnut smear machine is working well, but a former Bush staffer would never put it that way.

Oh, that famous "liberal mainstream media" at work again!

(AM responds: This is a Gallup Poll. Where is the "bad" in here, except maybe through your own eyes?)

[Sherri]

That is because they know he is muslim, case closed. Now let us vote a knew President in office and let us do it soon! I never liked Obama and he is fake.

[GRACE STRUTZ]

THE MUSLIMS ARE GOING TO DO ALL THAT THEY CAN TO TAKE OVER OUR OUR COUNTRY. YES, i SAID OUR'S. WHEN THEY FIRST CAME HERE IT WAS BY INVITATION. NOW THESE ARROGANT AND COCKY PEOPLE THINK IT'S THEIR DUTY TO TELL US WHAT WE SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT DO. (THE MOSQUE.) TELL THESE PEOPLE IF THEY DON'T LIKE OUR RULES TO GET THE BLAZES OUT AND GO BACK TO WHERE EVER IT IS THAT THEY CAME FROM. WE WERE HERE FIRST. THAT IS A NO NO AT THE TWIN TOWERS SITE. OUR PEOPLE DIED AND THESE BRAINLESS, PITIFULL, AND INSANE IDIOTS JUST DON'T GET IT. IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT -TELL THEM TO GO TO HELL. AMERICA, THIS IS OUR COUNTRY - DO NOT LET MEN FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TELL US HOW TO RUN OURS. THAT ALSO GOE'S FOR BARRY SOETORO AKA .BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. HE NEEDS TO STEP DOWN AND GO BACK TO KENYA WHERE HE CAME FROM. BUT FIRST HE WANT;S TO MAKE SURE HE HAS A CHANCE TO TAKE A BUNCH OF VACATIONS ON OUR DIME AND OUR AIR FORCE ONE.HE ALREADY KNOWS HE SCREWED AMERICA AND DOES NOT GIVE A DAM WHAT WE THINK. bUT THER IS ONE MOST POWERFULL PERSON IN THE UNIVERSE WHO IS WATCHING EVERY STEP & MOVE HE MAKES.AND THAT IS GOD THE FATHER HE WILL SEE THAT BARRY SOETORO WILL GET HIS JUST DESSERTS. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND WE STILL LOVE YOU GOD.FROM THE POPLE OF AMERICA.

[Verballistic]

Even though Obama MAY not be one himself, he is clearly has a pro-Muslim BIAS...not only in dealing with Israel, but in many phases of his foreign policy.

[john]

Well when your one of there own then why not!