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simoom7/31/2010 11:06:29 am PDT

I don’t know if anyone posted this poll back a month ago, when it was done, but I hadn’t seen it before and found it interesting:

Manhattanites Support Mosque Near Ground Zero, Poll Finds

Manhattan voters support plans for mosque near Ground Zero, though residents of the outer boroughs are opposed, a new poll found.

The Quinnipiac University poll, released Thursday morning, found that 46 percent of Manhattanites support the 13-story mosque and community center, called Cordoba House. Thirty-six percent of Manhattan voters oppose the proposal and 18 percent are undecided.

Still, New Yorkers as a whole weighed in against the mosque, with 52 percent opposing the plans and just 31 percent supporting the project. The strongest opposition came from Staten Island, where 73 percent opposed the mosque compared to 14 percent who supported it.

Forty-four percent of New Yorkers said they had a generally favorable opinion of Islam, while 28 percent said they did not and another 28 percent were undecided. Those with a favorable opinion of Islam support the mosque 54 percent to 30 percent, while those with an unfavorable opinion oppose it 86 percent to 7 percent.

Fifty-six percent of the voters surveyed said they personally know a Muslim, and while that made them more likely to say Islam is a peaceful religion, they were still divided on the mosque, with 41 percent supporting it and 43 percent opposed.

The opposition to the mosque was similar across race and religious lines, with 66 percent of both Jews and white Catholics against the mosque, and 46 percent of white Protestants against it.

Sixty percent of Hispanic voters oppose the mosque, compared to just 45 percent of black voters. White voters fall in the middle, with 56 percent opposition.