How hostile are Trump supporters toward Muslims? This new poll will tell you.
How hostile are Trump supporters toward Muslims? This new poll will tell you.
- December 8, 2015
- An op-ed by Michael Tesler, political science assistant professor, is featured in The Washington Post Dec. 8, 2015
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From The Washington Post:
Michael Tesler is assistant professor of political science at UC Irvine … For this
reason, Trump’s call to end Islamic immigration is unlikely to offend his strongest
supporters. Indeed, over half of Trump primary supporters already thought Muslims
posed an immediate threat to the United States and that a majority of Muslims worldwide
support the Islamic State – and this was even before the San Bernardino terrorist
attack.
For the full story, please visit https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/12/08/how-hostile-are-trump-supporters-toward-muslims-this-new-poll-will-tell-you/.
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