After he released it, the same pollster found that number had climbed to 67 percent. But a year and a half later, the number had dipped again, down to 59 percent. Sharot said myths are shored up by how much a person is motivated to believe them, and how well that belief sits with their current worldview. We believe the sun rises in the morning. Obama's presidency, in spite of overwhelming evidence he was born in the United States -- including his birth announcement, printed in two Hawaii newspapers.
The myth persists among the larger American population, but to a lesser degree, according to the poll, conducted April 5 - Thirty-two percent of Republicans think the president was born in another country. Among Americans overall, 58 percent think Mr. Obama was born in this country, while 20 percent say he was born elsewhere. The study , published in the Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics, teased out motivations of white voters for believing the so-called birther rumor.
It found that white conservatives who ranked as having a high amount of knowledge were most likely to support the idea that Obama was not born in the U. Traugott and Jardina explored a portrait of a birther among white Americans using data from the American National Election Study. Carrie Roush is a Ph. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Politics Covid U. News World Opinion Business.
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