Three and a half years into President Obama\u2019s first term as president, half of Americans cannot accurately say what religion he is, according to a poll released this week.<\/p>\n
Only 49 percent of respondents said that Obama was Christian while 17 percent inaccurately said he was Muslim. Nearly one-third of respondents said they did not know the president\u2019s religion, according to the poll released Thursday by the Pew Research Center\u2019s Forum on Religion & Public Life.<\/p>\n
More people \u2013 60 percent \u2013 knew that Romney, who has not held elected office in a decade, was Mormon than knew which religion the sitting president subscribes to.<\/p>\n
And while only 9 percent of respondents said Romney was a religion that he is not, more than twice that amount said Obama adheres to a religion other than Christianity. The vast majority of those claiming Obama is not a Christian said he was a Muslim.<\/p>\n
Nearly one in three Republicans said Obama was Muslim, twice as many as in 2008, the Pew study shows.<\/p>\n