Uninformed Romney voters

[User157088589849]

"Uninformed Obama voters" is probably the fifth dumbest thread on the front page of this board. This one tips in at #6. There's a serious discussion to be had about voter ignorance, but public opinion polls cannot be understood in isolation and should never be taken at face value.

Its 2012 and republicans still believe in creationism. what you expect from them? they are the most backward people on earth.

[memphis]

Yes, the educational attainment level in the US is an embarrassment. A poll of Dems would be depressing too as to basic knowledge. Sad.

This wasn't a citizenship quiz. The questions weren't about educational attainment or basic knowledge. They were "Do you believe in the following insane conspiracy theories about the President?" And Republicans frequently do. In contrast, you don't have Democrats going around saying that Romney must have phantom plural wives hiding under a rock somewhere because he is a Mormon. You don't see Jesse Jackson flying to Utah finding "very interesting things" about Romney's past, as Donald Trump did in Hawaii. And I think too many people, even at rabidly liberal MSNBC, are avoiding asking the obvious question of why the GOP has this problem with facing reality because it's too "impolite" or "biased' to ask it.

[BringinTheTruth]

People I know that can explain WHY they are a Rep vs. those that can say WHY they are a Dem with coherence and often, English, outnumber the Dems 3:1.  Thats anecdotal, but reflective.

[milhouse24]

Obama converted to Christianity, but his grandparents are practicing Muslims and Obama has a Muslim Middle name.  He has Muslim heritage in his family roots and he should be proud of it.  Its only religious bigots in America that make him scared to acknowledge his Muslim geneology. 

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

62% of Romney's Party in Ohio doesn't know that Obama killed Bin Laden.

That's not what the question asked.

Look - there are tons of uninformed voters supporting BOTH candidates.  For the most part, voters overall are... you guessed it... uninformed!

It happens on both sides: http://youtu.be/tpAOwJvTOio

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/howard-stern-does-it-again-interviews-obama-supporters-in-harlem-hilarity-ensues/

Theres a BIG difference between that and the Republican Party. The GOP now think that the President of the United States is a Muslim (Which shouldn't even matter unless your racist).

Islam isn't a race, and prejudices against Muslims exists in many people without racial animus.  So it's not racism - though in the American context it's closely related to xenophobia since Islam is seen as a foreign religion.

[angus]

Obama converted to Christianity, but his grandparents are practicing Muslims and Obama has a Muslim Middle name.  He has Muslim heritage in his family roots and he should be proud of it.  Its only religious bigots in America that make him scared to acknowledge his Muslim geneology.  

Actually, you could see him wince when, at the Smith Memorial dinner, he had to read that awful joke about not being able to use his middle name.  I am certain that he did not write that joke, and even though the crowd laughed, it was the sort of offensive joke that he a politician normally wouldn't make.  (Well, unless they thought the mic was turned off.)  I felt sorry for him.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Obama converted to Christianity, but his grandparents are practicing Muslims and Obama has a Muslim Middle name.  He has Muslim heritage in his family roots and he should be proud of it.  Its only religious bigots in America that make him scared to acknowledge his Muslim geneology. 

If Obama is a Christian, why would he be proud of Muslim heritage? Some of his grandparents practiced (I doubt they're still alive) a false religion (in his view as well as mine.) Why is that something to be proud of?

[opebo]

...a false religion...

Redundancy there, BRTD.