Survey Shows High Disapproval Rate of Biden among Muslim Voters
A new report by a Muslim civil rights and political organization shows significant disapproval among Muslim voters of President Biden’s performance, but a projection that voters will prefer Democrats in the coming midterm election.
The report was released this week by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) — which calls itself the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization — and surveys Muslim Americans on political and social issues this year.
CAIR has undertaken several such survey reports on the Muslim American demographic in the past, including extensive reports on the rise of Islamophobia and discrimination in the country.
CAIR’s Muslim Midterm Election Survey 2022 attempted to gauge “attitudes and affiliations” from a sample of 525 Muslims Americans, regarding political choices as well as other hot-button topics like abortion, gun control and the economy. (The results presented here are rounded off to the next whole number).
The survey revealed that some 49 percent of Muslims disapprove of Biden’s performance while only 28 percent approve. As for this year’s elections, which will decide whether Democrats get to keep their slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, 59 percent said they plan to vote for Democratic congressional candidates in the midterm.
The survey shows high voter engagement among Muslim Americans, with more than 85 percent of respondents saying they are likely to vote in the upcoming elections.
Results also show some historically unsurprising political affiliations among Muslim Americans.
Almost 64 percent said they primarily vote for Democrats, versus just 7 percent saying they preferred Republicans. Seventeen percent said they were “independent or not a member of a party.”
An overwhelming majority of respondents said they plan to vote for Democrats in the upcoming midterm.
Some 75 percent of voters said they voted for Biden in the last election, over just 5 percent who said they voted for former President Trump.
Some 85 percent of respondents they found the Republican Party to be “unfriendly” towards Muslims. Some 74 percent preferred Democrats over the GOP on fair treatment of all immigrants.
On the “attitudes and affiliations” front, a slight majority of respondents said they were fiscally conservative. Besides Asian and South Asian respondents, a majority from all other groups (Arab, African American, White etc.) identified as socially conservative.
Almost 64 percent said they primarily vote for Democrats, versus just 7 percent saying they preferred Republicans. Seventeen percent said they were “independent or not a member of a party.”
A strong majority said their biggest concerns were gun violence, civil rights, the economy, health access and religious freedom.
The surveyed Muslim Americans also showed deep concern over international issues like the Israeli occupation in Palestine, the conditions of Uyghur Muslims in China and the treatment of Muslims under the right-wing nationalist regime in India.
Source: Arabamericannews.com
