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For (at least) the past 9 years, it's been "okay" to hate Muslims in this country, while it has not been "okay" to hate black people.
There are certain things people will/won't be truthful about in any poll/interview scenario. If you asked these same people "Do you dislike Obama because he's black", you would probably get a lower number, while the truth is that in most cases, Muslim is a code word for Black (it's just okay to not like Muslims).
If you read either of the Freakonomics books (or several others), they lay out pretty clearly that the reason that polls are shit is that more often than not, those answering the questions will either lie to not look bad, or lie to give an answer that they think the pollster wants.
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