‘Just Gross’: CNN’s Dana Bash Taken Aback By Poll On How Many People Would Not Vote For a Muslim

Mediaite via Yahoo ^ | 09/17/2026 | Alex Griffing

[DFG]

CNN anchor Dana Bash lamented on Thursday the findings in a new poll out of Michigan that 45% of the electorate would not vote for a Muslim candidate, calling it "just gross."

During a panel discussion on the U.S. Senate race between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers, Bash noted, "We have new data about that that I do want to get to. First, let's just look at the overall polling that Erin, you were talking about. There's a brand new poll out from The Washington Post this morning that shows El-Sayed at 48, Rogers at 45. With the margin of error, it's a statistical dead heat."

"And then the question, which kind of goes to the strategy here, perhaps, by some voters who are thinking about the balance of power in Washington: 'What is your preference for party control in the US Senate?' Democratic, 53. Republican, 45," Bash said, adding:

Now let's get to what you were just talking about, Nia. "Would not consider voting for a presidential candidate who is…" Atheist, 46%. Muslim, 45%. Jewish, 20%. Christian, 7%. These are Michigan voters, the people who are going to go to the polls to decide between Rogers and El-Sayed. 45%?

"Yeah, I mean, listen — Barack Obama had to deal with this, right? I mean, he had to deal with the reality that some people in 2008 were not comfortable voting for a Black man for president, a Black man that people thought was Muslim, and all that kind of stuff," replied Bloomberg columnist Nia Malika-Henderson, who added:

So, you know, if you listen to Abdul El-Sayed, he says, "Oh, there are many Abduls in Michigan, and take my name out your mouth if you can't say it correctly."

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Taken aback, yes, but was she unabashed?

[Ge0ffrey]

He’s like an oreo cookie.

[Blue Highway]

She is? I would never have guessed. WHy are the self loathing jews ALWAYS liberals? You never see a conservative self loathing jew.