During the 2008 campaign, Obama’s religious convictions became a major issue for several reasons: the false belief that he is a Muslim (according to an April 2009 Pew Research Center poll, 11 percent of Americans still believe this); he made concerted efforts to woo religiously committed Americans; and, most significantly, the pastor of his church in Chicago, Jeremiah Wright, who made inflammatory statements about race and religion.
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