According to a new poll, only 42 percent of self-identified Republicans believe Barack Obama is an American citizen; 30 percent are “not sure,” and 28 percent believe he’s not a citizen. In the general population, 77 percent of people know their president — as required by law — is a citizen.
Via: Taegan Goddard.
Update: Steve Benen has this useful chart breaking these birther beliefs down by region.
—Dana Goldstein
Dana Goldstein, a former associate editor and writer at the Prospect, comes from a family of public-school educators. She received the Spencer Fellowship in Education Journalism, a Schwarz Fellowship at the New America Foundation, and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellowship at the Nation Institute. Her journalism is regularly featured in Slate, The Atlantic, The Nation, The Daily Beast, and other publications, and she is a staff writer at the Marshall Project. More by Dana Goldstein
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