Survey: Little concern over Romney's faith
— -- Most Americans are fine with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Mormon faith, according to a nationwide survey by the Pew Research Center.
60% of voters are aware that Romney is Mormon, virtually unchanged from four months ago, during the GOP primaries.
The vast majority of those who are aware of Romney's faith say it doesn't concern them. Fully eight-in-ten voters who know Romney is Mormon say they are either comfortable with his faith (60%) or that it doesn't matter to them (21%).
When asked about the faith of President Barack Obama, less than half answered correctly that he is a Christian and 17 percent said they believed he is a Muslim.
The new survey on religion and politics also finds that nearly four years into his presidency the view that Barack Obama is Muslim persists. Currently, 17% of registered voters say that Obama is Muslim; 49% say he is Christian, while 31% say they do not know Obama's religion. The percentage of voters identifying Obama's religion as Christian has increased since August 2010, from 38% to 49%, while there has been little change in the percentage saying he is Muslim (19% then, 17% today). Still, fewer say Obama is Christian — and more say he is Muslim — than did so in October 2008, near the end of the last presidential campaign.
The poll was conducted June 28-July 9, 2012 among 2,973 adults, including 2,373 registered voters.
