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Washington:
Results of an informal exit poll released by Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Saturday indicated that more
than 85 percent of American Muslim voters picked President Obama
in Tuesday's election.
CAIR's email survey of more than 650
American Muslim voters indicates that just four percent of
respondents cast their ballots for Mitt Romney.
"95.5 of the Muslim voters said they
went to the polls on November 6. 85.7 percent cast their ballots
to re-elect President Obama. 4.4 percent of respondents said they
voted for Mitt Romney", said the poll report released by CAIR.
Just over two percent (2.2) of respondents said they voted for
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson. The same percentage (2.2) of
respondents said they voted for Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
More than four percent of respondents declined to say who they
voted for, it added.
States with the highest number of survey respondents (in
descending order) were California, New York, Texas, Virginia,
Illinois, Florida, Michigan, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
and Ohio, the survey said.
Of those who voted, 8.3 percent said they did so for the first
time.
41.5 percent said they consider themselves Democrats. A similar
number, 40.6 percent, consider themselves politically independent.
Only 7.4 percent said they are Republican.
"The fact that more than 95 percent of Muslim respondents went to
the polls is a clear indication that they are fully participating
in our nation's political process and are part of the fabric of
America," said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad.
"Muslim voters in swing states such
as Florida, Virginia and Ohio seemed to have played a critical
role in tipping the balance in the president's re-election
victory", he said.
These results support the findings of a pre-election CAIR survey
of 500 Muslim voters that rated jobs and the economy, education,
health care policy, Medicare and Social Security, and civil rights
as the top issues. That survey indicated that 1 in 4 Muslim voters
remained undecided about their presidential pick.
"It appears that undecided Muslim voters broke decisively in
President Obama's favor at the polls," said CAIR National
Legislative Director Corey Saylor.
A similar CAIR exit poll in 2008 showed that 89 percent of
American Muslim voters picked then-candidate Barack Obama. Two
percent of respondents said they voted for Sen. John McCain.
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