Crackers Go Nuts

The birth of a regional rump party
by Jed Lewison
Fri Jul 31, 2009 at 02:16:03 PM EDT
crossposted from Daily Kos

Here's another amazing finding from our poll showing that less than half of Republicans and southerners believe Barack Obama was born in the United States: 7 in 10 Americans who don't believe Barack Obama was born in the U.S. live in the south, which has 30% of the U.S. population. Nearly 6 in 10 are Republicans, who compromise just 22% of the population.

Here's the data in chart form, showing the distribution of people who either said they believed Pres. Obama was born outside the U.S. or that they were unsure:

Where do the birthers come from?

Talk about a regional rump party. Jebus!

[see also the discussion of this item at Daily Kos...]