Everything Is Bigger In Texas, Including Ignorance

A new poll from The University of Texas shows, in one of it's sections, that there are a lot of people that think Obama is a Muslim:

When asked to identify Obama’s religion, 45 percent of respondents accurately identified him as Protestant, however 23 percent erroneously identified him as Muslim.

Not only does this show that 1/4 of the Texas population are ignorant, but those same people more than likely think that all Muslims are terrorists.

Not to be completely outdone, my home state of Kentucky seems to have the same problem:

Despite heavy national media attention about Obama's faith, more than half of likely Republican voters — 54 percent — and one of every four Democrats in the state do not know that the Democratic presidential nominee is a Christian, the poll found.


The poll showed that 14 percent of likely Kentucky voters — 28 percent of Republicans, 4 percent of Democrats and 11 percent of independents — think Obama adheres to the Muslim faith.

While the Kentucky poll focuses on "likely voters" I have talked to no less than 5 people where I work that tell me they aren't going to vote this year. It would be interesting to see what non-voting Kentuckians have to say.