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"title": "Muslim American Democrats"
"description": "That's the percentage of Muslim Americans who are Democrats (37%) or say they lean toward the Democratic Party (26%)."
"date": "2007-08-13"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Pew Research Center"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2007/08/13/muslim-american-democrats/"
---

# Muslim American Democrats

Overall, 63% of Muslims are Democrats (37%) or say that they lean toward the Democratic Party (26%). Only about one-in-ten (11%), by contrast, are Republicans or Republican leaners, with the remainder (26%) unaffiliated with either political party. Democratic affiliation is much higher among Muslims than it is among the public as a whole: about half of Americans (51%) identify themselves as Democrats or lean Democratic. Republican affiliation is much lower among Muslims than among the general public (11% vs. 36%). [Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/483/muslim-americans)