The Muslim Primary Vote

[Skwmom]

The Council on American-Islamic Relations released the results of a survey of almost 2,000 registered Muslim voters in the six states with the highest Muslim populations (California, Illinois, Virginia, New York, Florida, and Texas) on Monday, hours before the the Iowa caucuses kick off voting in the 2016 presidential election.

Note: It is a survey and not a poll.

http://time.com/4202673/muslim-voters-trump/


The crowd of about 120 people who filled the prayer hall are from diverse backgrounds. They include new immigrants from countries like Somalia and Sudan, but there are many whose roots in Iowa date back to the late 19th century, when their forebears immigrated from Syria and Lebanon.

This is one of the oldest Muslim communities in the U.S. Its original prayer hall, the Mother Mosque of America, built in 1934, is the oldest mosque in the country. It's still used as a cultural center and museum.


http://www.npr.org/2016/01/31/465075199/in-iowa-campaign-season-finds-muslims-caught-in-a-harsh-spotlight

WASHINGTON - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released the results of a six-state survey indicating that 73 percent of registered Muslim voters say they will go to the polls in upcoming primary elections and that 67 percent will vote for Democratic Party candidates.

CAIR's Muslim voter survey also indicated that more than half of respondents said they would support Hillary Clinton in the elections (51.62%), followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (22.03%) and Donald Trump (7.47%).

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2016/02/01/cair-releases-results-muslim-voter-survey-ahead-primary-elections

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/obama-make-first-mosque-visit-president

Note: In the GE, I don't think the vote impact is so straightforward.

[yeoman6987]

1. Strange they skipped Michigan.