Poll: Number of ‘birthers’ plummets

[alp227]

Source: The Washington Post

The number of Americans saying President Obama was born in another country has been sliced in half, according to a new Washington Post poll.

In interviews following the public release the president’s “long-form” birth certificate last week, fully 70 percent of Americans say Obama was born in Hawaii, a big bump-up from the 48 percent who said so a year ago. Even more say he was U.S.-born, or call that their best guess, for a total of 86 percent.

Overall, 10 percent of Americans say Obama was likely born abroad, down from 20 percent in an April 2010 Post-ABC poll. Almost all those who now say Obama was born in a foreign country say that it’s only their “suspicion;” just 1 percent claim “solid evidence” that the president was born elsewhere (9 percent said so last year).

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/behind-the-numbers/post/number_of_birthers_plummets/2011/05/04/AF3GAZxF_blog.html

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The poll in full: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_05052011.html

[dkf]

1. Ha!

[Permanut]

11. Okay, but Orly Taitz will have the last laugh...

along with that 1%, when she presents absolute proof that Pres Obama was born in the foreign country of Hawaii. I think that's how it works.

[freshwest]

14. If Hawaii left the union, would he be a foreigner then?

:rofl:

[kestrel91316]

2. 3 million STILL believe he was born abroad? Truly pathetic.

[titaniumsalute]

3. They don't believe he was born outside the US

They don't like a dark guy in the White House. That's all there is to it.

[Plucketeer]

4. Yeah

and to those who protest, I say: I get it. It's "White House". Now go back under your rock.

[freshwest]

13. Childish, isn't it.

[titaniumsalute]

16. Yes it is childish.

I wish rascists would just say "yes I'm a rascist and I hate a black guy in the white house." Pussies won't actually come clean.

[freshwest]

17. It goes with being children caught doing something wrong. Divert, beg, run.

[snooper2]

5. There are more than 30 million people in the country

FYI :P

[Solomon]

7. I dont' think poll really reflects what they truly think.

Obama embarassed 'em so a lot of them aren't admitting that they think he's not a citizen.

[ldf]

15. exactly. they aren't changing their stripe.

nothing will override their hate and bitterness.

since they have been called the liars that they are, they are going stealth.

[Tarheel_Dem]

19. Wouldn't that be 30 million? (nt)

[Stuart G]

6. Actually some of them think Hawaii is a foreign country..yea really..nt

[Zorra]

8. The kool-aid finally wore off. nt

[Blue_Tires]

9. Translation: The media isn't giving free airtime to birthers anymore

so it's no longer the trendy thing to be...

[DailyGrind]

10. Proof has a way of convincing people

[6000eliot]

12. I guess this boils it down to the hard core racists then.

[FLPanhandle]

18. Except they all switched to being Deathers

I suspect a birther will believe anything.

[Javaman]

20. Slowly boiling off the merely stupid to get down to the concentrated stuff. nt