Flemington, NJ, April 27, 2011 – A new national study among 1,118 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and Independents revealed that all parties were slightly more convinced that President Obama was born in the United States after viewing a video in which he addressed the subject of his birth place.
The study was conducted earlier today by HCD Research to obtain Americans’ perceptions of a video in which President Obama addressed the subject of his birth place. The results were reported on its mediacurves.com website.
After viewing the video, all parties slightly increased their belief that President Obama was born in the United States from 90% to 93% among Democrats, 61% to 63% among Republicans and 79% to 80%. Furthermore, Americans indicated that it is not appropriate to further challenge Obama’s place of birth increasing from 86% to 89% among Democrats, 54% to 58% among Republicans, and 71% to 78% among Independents.
Among the findings:
Do you believe that President Obama was born in the United States?
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Democrats |
Republicans |
Independents |
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Pre |
Post |
Pre |
Post |
Pre |
Post |
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Yes |
90% |
93% |
61% |
63% |
79% |
80% |
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No |
10% |
7% |
39% |
37% |
21% |
20% |
Do you think it is appropriate to further challenge the place of his birth?
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Democrats |
Republicans |
Independents |
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Pre |
Post |
Pre |
Post |
Pre |
Post |
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Yes |
14% |
11% |
46% |
42% |
29% |
22% |
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No |
86% |
89% |
54% |
58% |
71% |
78% |
While viewing the video, participants indicated their perceived levels of believability by moving their mouse from left to right on a continuum. The responses were recorded in quarter-second intervals and reported in the form of curves. The participants were also asked to respond to post-viewing questions.
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HCD Research is a marketing and communications research company headquartered in Flemington, NJ. The company's services include traditional and web-based research. For additional information on HCD Research, access the company’s web site atwww.hcdi.net or call HCD Research at 908-788-9393. MediaCurves.com® (www.mediacurves.com) is a media measurement website that provides the media and general public with a venue to view Americans’ perceptions of popular and controversial media events and advertisements
And yes , though but a technicality it is still important from Constitutional legal requirement perspective. IMO no matter what is circulating around the internet , everything is subject to scrutiny from potential tampering with high technology, photoshop etc. My question is why has this been so long in coming ? It's like the failure by the FBI to release the video of the alleged jet that hit the Pentagon on 9/11( not years and years later) think about it . If you had nothing to hide ,why are you hiding 'it' ? Why not release it if for no other reason than to shut the skeptics up .