WASHINGTON - Muslim voters strongly oppose the war in Iraq and tilt toward Democrats in next month's congressional elections, a poll released yesterday by a leading Islamic civil rights organization found.
The poll, sponsored by the Council on Islamic-American Relations, suggested a potential voting bloc that could have an impact in close races on Election Day, Nov. 7.
It pointed to deep disaffection with the Bush administration, with 55 percent of the nation's Muslim respondents saying they feared that "the war on terror has become a war on Islam." Only 12 percent said the war in Iraq has been worth the effort....