Poll: 51% believe Obama’s religious beliefs are different from their own

Sixteen percent of respondents said that Obama’s views were somewhat different from their own, and 35 percent said his beliefs were very different. Only 40 percent believe that Obama has similar religious beliefs to their own. the poll found.

The report found a strong relationship between how Americans perceive Obama’s faith and their views toward him. Of those who said that Obama had similar religious views, 94 percent support the president. At the other end, nearly 80 percent of those who say they have diferent beliefs than Obama have an unfavorable view of him.