| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #16972 |
| 1 | Thinking about Barack Obama's religious beliefs... Do you happen to know what Barack Obama's religion is? Is he Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, atheist, agnostic, or something else? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Tea Party Movement | Obama Religion | |||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.1% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Favorabl | Unfavora | Neutral | No Opini | Do Not K | Christia | Muslim | |
| Do Not Know/Not Sure | 35% | 28% | 41% | 44% | 28% | 33% | 33% | ** | 62% | 25% | 38% | 35% | 27% | 32% | 30% | 35% | 26% | 16% | 46% | 52% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Christian | 41% | 44% | 38% | 37% | 40% | 44% | 45% | ** | 21% | 20% | 32% | 51% | 40% | 29% | 54% | 47% | 24% | 73% | 31% | 32% | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Jewish | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | ** | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Muslim | 21% | 22% | 19% | 18% | 25% | 19% | 19% | ** | 17% | 40% | 23% | 13% | 28% | 30% | 14% | 18% | 38% | 10% | 21% | 14% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Buddhist | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | ** | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Hindu | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athiest | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 0% | ** | 0% | 15% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Agnostic | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | ** | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Something Else | 2% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 2% | ** | 0% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 6% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 28% | 32% | 40% | 85% | 2% | 7% | 6% | 31% | 34% | 31% | 34% | 36% | 22% | 26% | 27% | 19% | 27% | 35% | 41% | 21% |
| 2 | How much do you think Barack Obama relies on his own religious beliefs in making policy decisions - a great deal, a fair amount, or not very much? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Tea Party Movement | Obama Religion | |||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.1% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Favorabl | Unfavora | Neutral | No Opini | Do Not K | Christia | Muslim | |
| Great Deal | 16% | 20% | 13% | 11% | 17% | 20% | 14% | ** | 21% | 29% | 17% | 8% | 22% | 23% | 10% | 14% | 30% | 6% | 20% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 41% |
| Fair Amount | 29% | 24% | 34% | 24% | 29% | 33% | 30% | ** | 37% | 10% | 24% | 40% | 23% | 21% | 34% | 34% | 18% | 40% | 27% | 31% | 26% | 36% | 23% |
| Not Very Much | 41% | 47% | 35% | 37% | 48% | 39% | 44% | ** | 19% | 32% | 45% | 40% | 43% | 47% | 44% | 38% | 48% | 51% | 44% | 23% | 40% | 50% | 27% |
| Not Sure | 13% | 9% | 17% | 27% | 6% | 9% | 11% | ** | 23% | 29% | 14% | 12% | 12% | 9% | 12% | 14% | 4% | 2% | 8% | 37% | 25% | 5% | 9% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 28% | 32% | 40% | 85% | 2% | 7% | 6% | 31% | 34% | 31% | 34% | 36% | 22% | 26% | 27% | 19% | 27% | 35% | 41% | 21% |