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Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson , as he told NBC host Chuck Todd in a 鈥淢eet the Press鈥� interview airing this Sunday.聽

Asked by Mr. Todd whether a candidate鈥檚 faith should matter, Dr. Carson, a Seventh Day Adventist who enjoys an聽, replied that a president鈥檚 beliefs should not be 鈥渋nconsistent with the values and principles of America,鈥� or with the Constitution. When Todd then asked if Carson considered Islam 鈥渃onsistent with the Constitution,鈥� Carson said no, without providing further explanation.

The 鈥淢eet the Press鈥� conversation comes in the wake of candidate Donald Trump鈥檚 latest controversy surrounding race and religion, after he declined to correct a New Hampshire supporter on Thursday who claimed, 鈥淲e have a problem in this country. It鈥檚 called Muslims. We know our current president is one. You know he鈥檚 not even an American.鈥澛�

The exchange quickly drew criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike, reflecting a GOP increasingly concerned with Trump鈥檚 often-contentious rhetoric. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, for instance, told the 鈥淭oday鈥� show, calling President Obama鈥檚 American roots and 海角大神 faith 鈥渟elf-evident.鈥�

Obama was born in Hawaii and is 海角大神. But聽according to recent polls, many Americans believe otherwise: CNN/ORC found that only 71 percent of conservatives think Obama was born in the US, while nearly half suspect he is Muslim.

Carson is far from alone in preferring a non-Muslim president. For decades, Gallup has surveyed Americans about their support for hypothetical candidates with particular characteristics, asking 鈥淚f your party nominated a generally well-qualified person for president who happened to be ____, would you vote for that person?鈥� reveal that 27 percent of Democrats, and 55 percent of Republicans, would not elect a Muslim.

When the poll began in 1937, voters were only asked whether they would support a female, Catholic, or Jewish candidate, to which 33 percent, 60 percent, and 46 percent said 鈥淵es,鈥� respectively.聽 reveal the country鈥檚 shifting demographics, and advancing laws: respondents were first asked about black and atheist candidates in 1958, Mormons in 1967, gay candidates in 1978, Hispanics not until 2007, and Muslims in 2012.

Although a Muslim candidate would evidently face an uphill battle, . Support for an atheist candidate has doubled since the 1950s, but is still low, at 60 percent. But support for socialists is still rarer, making it the least-popular characteristic, with a full half of respondents saying a socialist could not win their vote.聽

Over the decades, support for most categories has risen: today, as a diverse array of candidates wrestles for the 2016 nominations, more than 90 percent of Americans say they would vote for a Catholic, female, black, Hispanic, or Jewish president.聽

Would a Muslim candidate today fare better than 2012? It鈥檚 hard to say. Among Democrats, support for a hypothetical Muslim president has inched up, from 69 percent to 73 percent, but Republicans鈥� approval has actually fallen, down to 45 percent from 2012鈥檚 47 percent.聽

Long-term, the increased-acceptance trend may continue, thanks to : Gallup notes that 鈥渁t least two-thirds of adults younger than 30 say they are willing to vote for a candidate with any of the characteristics included in the survey,鈥� and support for a Muslim candidate is highest among the age 18-to-29 set, at 76 percent, a full 32 percentage points higher than among voters over 65.

has hypothesized that Obama鈥檚 attempt 鈥渢o defray the tide of American Islamophobia鈥� in reaction to ISIS may fuel some Americans鈥� stubborn insistence that he is a Muslim, in spite of his numerous mentions, and displays, of his 海角大神 faith. The same fear of radical Islam, , likely hampers any Muslim candidate鈥檚 chances.

For now, though, the candidate most likely affected by these numbers is none other than Senator Bernie Sanders: as of 2007, , adding to his challenges as a 74-year-old nonobservant聽Jewish socialist.