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POLITICS
Americans ready for woman president
Only seven percent think America is
ready for a gay president
A growing number of adults in the United
States believe their country is prepared to see
a female politician occupying the White
House, according to a Gallup Poll released by
USA Today. Sixty-one percent of respondents
think Americans are ready to elect a woman
as president.
native Carol Moseley Braun sought the
Democratic presidential nomination, but
withdrew in January 2004 to support former
Vermont governor Howard Dean.
In addition, 58 percent of respondents
think their country is ready to elect an
African-American as head of state, while 55
percent feel the same way about a Jewish
politician. In 2004, two African Americans
— Moseley Braun and Al Sharpton — and
a Jew — Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman
— sought the Democratic presidential
nomination.
' More than half of all respondents feel the
U.S. is not prepared to have a Hispanic, an
Asian, a Mormon or an atheist in the White
House. Only seven percent of respondents
think their country is ready to elect a gay or
lesbian president. I
No 58 percent • ^
Asian
Yes 33 percent'
No 64 percent
Latter-Day Saint or Mormon
Yes 29 percent
No 66 percent
Atheist
Yes 14 percent
No 84 percent
Gay or lesbian
Yes 7 percent
No 91 percent
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Polls show a woman could possibly be
our next president; who might it be?
Neither of the two major political parties
in the U.S. has ever nominated a woman for
president. In 1984, New York congresswoman
Geraldine Ferraro was Walter Mondale’s
vice-presidential nominee on the
Democratic ticket.
In 1999, North Carolina senator Elizabeth
Dole pulled out of the race for the Republican
presidential nomination before the primaries.
In late 2003, former ambassador and Illinois
Polling Data
Woman
Yes 61 percent
No 38 percent
African-American or black
Yes 58 percent
No 40 percent
Jew
Yes 55 percent
No 42 percent
Hispanic
Yes 41 percent
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