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Based on this line of questioning, I'll say that is not the result of said poll.

What poll? Unless we are out there conducting these polls ourselves, we are meant to question its method and scrutinize them in every way possible to seek out the bias. If there is none, and it can be proven as such, only then should it be regarded as more likely that this is not a hoax.

Furthermore, I don't know why you're bringing scientifics into this matter, even if it is as lowly and broad a mention as the practice of utilizing the scientific method, because as it has been shown, there is no science to gathering opinions marked as either choice a) b) or c) (and on occasion, d)..).

Stating that 18% of (insert group here) people think that Obama is Muslim proves what? The USA is dumber than (insert rival nation here)? Do you happen to know the first sample size of the poll's pool of participants, and then the next's? It could be as low as 5 people (an extreme example) for all we know, which is basically next to nothing.

I still don't see the issue here. There's a reason we have a separation among the faculties of Church and State in government proceedings, and the moment we were exposed to the words of Bush Jr. telling the media his reasoning for invading Iraq was because God's word came to him in a dream, is when some righteous action should have been taken to prevent this unnecessary decade-long war.

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Post-EDIT:
I'm not trying to provoke any sort of pissing match here, I'm just asking questions as to why you believe this poll may be relevant, and to what aim it serves to know the results. That's all.

I'm not sure why it is, but I intensly like generalizations, despite the "fact" that I use them as a crutch as much as the next guy (news outlet).

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