There might be some very heavily Arab precincts in Dearborn to track down, I guess. If that's a good sample, which it probably isn't...
It's a shockingly poor sample, though those precincts were Bush-Kerry-Obama.
also, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't most Detroit-area Arabs Christian? I seem to recall that Michigan as a whole isn't notably more Muslim than the national average.
Yes, as with most Arabs in general, but Dearborn is very Muslim.
Dearborn Arabs are mostly Iraqi and Lebanese Shi'ites (these guys bigtime) and a few Yemenite Sunnis.
Arab Christians have a huge concentration in Massachusetts though.
I live in Los Angeles and know quite a few Iranian-Americans. They tend to be very assimilated, very educated, and have high household incomes. They aren't particularly as religious compared to other Muslims and they vote strongly for Democrats. 100% of the Iranian-Americans I know supported Obama, even in the primaries.
As per polling from the PAIAA (Persian American Institute or something) only 42% of Iranian-Americans self-identify as Muslim.
Curious, did that poll Persian Jews as well.
