How Will Minnesota's Muslim Community Vote?
A national poll said Muslim voters lean Democratic but aren't all sold on Obama, with 25 percent undecided. In Minnesota, Muslims may have greater support for the president, according to a local observer.
Think Barack Obama has a lock on the Muslim vote? Think again. According to a national poll of Muslim voters released Oct. 24 by the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), about a quarter of American Muslim registered voters were still undecided about who to vote for on Tuesday. Obama had support of 68 percent of those surveyed. Seven percent said they planned to vote for Republican challenger Mitt Romney. The poll surveyed 500 randomly selected Muslim voters in the first two weeks of October. Local View "I would concur with CAIR national's survey that it pretty much reflects the mood of the American Muslim voters locally," said Zafar Siddiqui, president of the Fridley-based Islamic Resource Group, in an e-mail on …
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