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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 727213" data-attributes="member: 12952">Fourteen percent of Americans say without&nbsp; prompting that they think Barack Obama was born in another country,&nbsp; rising to one in five when those with no opinion are offered that as a&nbsp; possibility.
 But for many it’s not a firm belief – and some&nbsp; appear not to hold it against him.
 Among those inclined to think Obama was born abroad, half also say&nbsp; that’s their suspicion only, not a judgment based on solid evidence, the&nbsp; latest ABC News/Washington Post poll finds.
 
&nbsp; And perhaps&nbsp; surprisingly, about a third of so-called “birthers” nonetheless approve&nbsp; of Obama’s work in office and express a favorable opinion of him&nbsp; personally.
 ….At the same time, 15&nbsp; percent of Democrats say they think Obama was born elsewhere, as do 12&nbsp; percent of liberals. And among people who say this, 31&nbsp; percent approve of his job performance regardless, with an additional 3&nbsp; percent expressing no opinion of his work in office. Similarly, among&nbsp; people who think Obama is foreign-born, 34 percent also express a&nbsp; favorable opinion of him overall; 64 percent, unfavorable.
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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 727213, member: 12952"] [INDENT][B]Fourteen percent of Americans say without prompting that they think Barack Obama was born in another country, rising to one in five when those with no opinion are offered that as a possibility[/B]. But for many it’s not a firm belief – and some appear not to hold it against him. Among those inclined to think Obama was born abroad, half also say that’s their suspicion only, not a judgment based on solid evidence, the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll finds. [B]And perhaps surprisingly, about a third of so-called “birthers” nonetheless approve of Obama’s work in office and express a favorable opinion of him personally.[/B] [B]….[COLOR=#FF0000]At the same time, 15 percent of Democrats say they think Obama was born elsewhere, as do 12 percent of liberals[/COLOR][/B]. And among people who say this, 31 percent approve of his job performance regardless, with an additional 3 percent expressing no opinion of his work in office. Similarly, among people who think Obama is foreign-born, 34 percent also express a favorable opinion of him overall; 64 percent, unfavorable. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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