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Opinion: Half of Republicans polled still don’t believe Obama was born in USA

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More than a week after the White House unearthed President Obama’s original, long-form, Hawaii birth certificate, only 48% of Republicans polled said they believe he was born in the United States.

In a poll conducted by Public Policy Polling from May 5-8 of 610 Americans who usually support Republicans in primaries, 34% said they did not believe Obama was born in the U.S. while 18% said they still aren’t sure.

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Of those surveyed, 77% considered themselves either somewhat or very conservative while only 7% identified themselves as either somewhat or very liberal.

Despite the majority of those polled agreeing with other birthers, Donald Trump, who most loudly demanded that the president release his birth certificate, fell significantly in the PPP poll.

The billionaire last month led other would-be GOP presidential hopefuls with 26% support from those surveyed, but this month Trump slid below former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (19%), former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (18%), former Speaker Newt Gingrich (13%), and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (12%), and is now tied with Texas Congressman Ron Paul with 8%.

‘As Trump got more and more exposure over the last month, Republicans didn’t just decide they weren’t interested in having him as their nominee, they also decided they flat don’t like him,’ PPP wrote in their blog post titled ‘Trump collapses.’

‘Only 34% of GOP voters now have a favorable opinion of Trump, to 53% who view him in a negative light,’ the North Carolina pollsters blogged.

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