Joe, the tabloid headline was meant to get attention, but I believe my previous post shows that it's literally true: 48%, according to the poll, believe he is or *may be* a Muslim.

17% are sure he is. That is a big percentage of voters who are convinced of an outright lie that has been exposed by the media many, many times. As Kendall says, even John McCain and other Republicans have said so.

If we were talking about a randomly chosen person, and 31% said they "didn't know," it would be reasonable to assume that they'd never thought about it and didn't care and had no way of knowing.

But in this case, Obama's religion has, insanely, been an issue for four years.

But, as I said, the bigger issue is the gullibility or obliviousness of a large portion of the voting public on a simple, ascertainable fact. What's more, if he *is* a Muslim, that would mean not only is he a baldfaced liar, but so are McCain, Romney, and the Democratic and Republican leadership who've also said he's not a Muslim.

Had 9/11 not occurred, false claims about Obama's religion might just be laughable. But it did. And the religion claim usually accompanies claims that he was born in Kenya, is not a citizen, and is thus not legally qualified to be President.

If that many registered voters can't accept am easy-to-remember, established fact that's been in the news for four years, what do they know about more complicated issues - like the economy and foreign policy?

And 40% still don't know that Romney's a Mormon, another issue for   the past four years.

An "informed electorate" should be better informed.