What Trump Supporters Think About Race and Religion

Donald Trump, as many people on the left and even some on the right agree, is undoubtedly and intentionally making controversial remarks on cultural, racial and religious issues.

But what's emerged as the more complicated question is whether Trump's supporters agree with all of his remarks. In interviews, Trump supporters often say they like the mogul's blunt approach, that he "tells it like it is," without always detailing what "it is" that Trump is explaining so clearly.

Pollsters, who have asked Trump supporters a number of questions over the last few months that help explain the perspectives of his base, found that the real-estate mogul's backers are nearly all white — like the base of other GOP candidates — and want to deport undocumented immigrants more than any other Republicans. 

And, although Trump's immigration remarks have defined his campaign and drawn more attention of late after his controversial comments about potentially investigating mosques and creating a "database" of Muslims, most polls have not analyzed whether a distinction exists among his supporters' views specifically on Islam.

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