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Predominately Shia. Most Sunni don't believe in the Shia tradition of the hidden Imams return simply because it is Shia.
As you know many trad Sunni's don't even consider Shia's to be muslim.
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Yes Sir.., I should have clarified above that they both believe in the Mahdi, yet the Mahdi of Sunni Islam has nothing to do with the Shia tradition of the hidden dude from the well
FWIW..., my understanding is that Sunni believe the Mahdi has yet to arrive, whereas the twelvers of Shi`ism believe the Mahdi has already been here, and is hiding, waiting..., and fixing to crawl back out of the well when the time is right..., sort of like a twisted version of ground hog day, dependant upon turmoil