CAIR-CA Releases Results of California State Muslim Voter Survey

The California offices of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released the results of a October 22 survey indicating that 71% percent of registered California Muslim voters will go to the polls on November 4 and that more than half will vote for Democratic Party candidates.
Domestic issues like the economy and health care continue to top the California Muslim voters’ list of priority concerns in this election. Growing Islamophobia in American ranked as the second most important issue for California Muslim voters.
CAIR’s informal poll of 249 registered Muslim voters in the state of California was conducted using an independent automated call survey provider and asked three questions:

1. “Do you plan to vote in the November 4th midterm election?”
2. “Which political party do you support in the upcoming election?”
3. “What is the most important issue to you in this upcoming election?”

Question: Do you plan to vote in the November 4th midterm election?

 
Question: Which political party do you support in the upcoming election?

 
Question: What is the most important issue to you in this upcoming election?

 
“Election polls like this one are vital to understand the values of California Muslims and measure their participation in elections,” said Safaa Ibrahim, CAIR-CA Chair. “These numbers illustrate that California Muslims are politically aware and wish to engage in the political process to make their voices heard and contribute to the betterment of their state.”
NOTE: CAIR-CA and CAIR National will also be organizing various statewide “Get Out the Vote” efforts on Sunday and Monday in addition to a similar post election survey of CA Muslim voters.