Politics | President Obama 14% Think Obama Born Outside US ABC/Washington Post poll puts a number to the birthers By John Johnson Posted May 7, 2010 2:13 PM CDT Copied President Obama addresses the Business Council in Washington, Tuesday, May 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Hmmm, maybe President Obama ought to stop cracking jokes about his birth certificate. In a new ABC/Washington Post poll, 14% say he was born outside the United States. Which means that a year and a half into his presidency, a sizable chunk of people think he's not legally entitled to the job, notes the Post's Behind the Numbers blog. About half the respondents knew he was born in Hawaii specifically. Read These Next Actor Michael Madsen is dead at 67. Soccer star Diogo Jota is killed in a car crash. A teen pilot landed on his 7th continent and immediately got detained. Who added bill's proposed tax on clean energy? No one knows. Report an error