92% Would Vote for Woman President

[AtomicKitten]

Feb. 5, 2006
Is America ready for a woman president? (AP)

Today, 55 percent of those polled think America is ready for a woman president. This is up 7 points from December 1999 and the highest number since CBS News starting asking the question in 1996.

(CBS) As has been the case for a number of years, nearly all Americans say they would vote for a woman for president from their own political party if she were qualified, a CBS News/New York Times poll has found. And while a significantly smaller majority thinks America is actually ready to elect a woman president, that number is still the highest ever found by a CBS News poll.

Ninety-two percent of adults now say they would vote for a woman for president from their political party if she were qualified for the job. This support has increased steadily over the past 50 years.

In a Gallup poll conducted in 1955, 52 percent said they would support a woman for president. That number rose to 73 percent in 1975 and to 82 percent in 1987.


Would You Vote For As Woman For President If She Were Qualified?

YES
92 percent

NO
5 percent

Significant majorities of all demographic groups say they would vote for a qualified woman from their own party for president.

Today, 55 percent of those polled think America is ready for a woman president. This is up 7 percentage points from December 1999, and the highest number since CBS News started asking the question in 1996. Still, 38 percent say the country is not ready for a woman to lead the country.

Is America Ready For A Woman President?

Now:
YES
55 percent

NO
38 percent


November, 1996:
YES
40 percent

NO
53 percent


Men are actually more likely than women to say the country is ready for a woman to be president. Sixty percent of men say so, compared to 51 percent of women. In 1999, both groups were divided on the issue.

Younger Americans are also more likely to think America is ready for a woman commander-in-chief. Seniors are actually split on the question: 46 percent do not think the country is ready, while 44 percent say it is.

When it comes to politics, 61 percent of Democrats think the country is ready for a woman president, compared to 48 percent of Republicans. Liberals are also more likely than conservatives and moderates to believe America is ready for a woman to be president.


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/03/opinion/polls/main1281319.shtml

[Dawgs]

1. Fine, as long as it's not Hillary!!!

Not because I don't like her; I just don't think can win (too much baggage).

[Hosnon]

9. Absolutely love the plate...wish I'd thought of it. Go Dawgs! nt

[phantom power]

2. Sure, but 70% of Americans favor Democratic policies. In polls.

But they don't vote for them.

[lukasahero]

3. I suspect the distinction is in the detail "if she were qualified"

I'm guessing that for many, this would come down to "if she were, for all intents and purposes, a man".

Wish I could say otherwise, but I'm not holding my breath.

[Rambis]

5. Thugs having to vote for a black woman

Condi in 2008!

[karynnj]

4. There's a reason these two questions are asked together

Everyone knows it sounds bad to say know to the question that essentially asks if you are biased. Pollsters get around it by asking "Would your friends vote foe a woman" or the question phrased as it was here. The latter question is actually a better predictor.

[AtomicKitten]

6. I don't think gender makes a damn bit of difference.

What counts is how nasty your swift-boaters are.

[FrenchieCat]

7. I'm curious as to what the percentage is

of those who lie about who and what they would vote for when asked?

Does anyone know?

[AtomicKitten]

8. I think there is a substantial amount of Repubs who are less evolved

that would NOT vote for Ms. Rice even though they said they might.

[Telly Savalas]

10. For the Democrats, gender shouldn't matter in selection of a candidate

If somebody is such a neanderthal that they think one needs a penis to be an effective head of state, then that person is not going to vote for a progressive candidate anyway.

[Totally Committed]

11. That is in the abstract, trust me...

they were getting similar numbers back when Geraldine Ferraro was put on the ticket with Mondale. What a crock of sh*t it turned out to be. Aks people something abstractly, and you'll get what they think you want to hear. Put them in a voting booth with a concrete decision to make and you won't get anywhere NEAR 92%.

I've been around long enough to know: America is not ready for a female POTUS.

TC

[radio4progressives]

12. So long it isn't Hillary, Condi, Dianne Feinstein, Laura Bush, Ann Coultur

To tell you the truth, this country is so fucked up, so patriarchal, so racist, so misogynist, so white supremacist, so war mongering, so thirsty for blood, loves so much to be lied to, so about not giving a shit about anybody but their own selves, greedy, so hateful and arrogant, that it wouldn't be able to handle a real woman for president.

[Popol Vuh]

13. I have no problem with a woman

being President.



Heck I could have a chance at being her intern and getting some quid pro quo.

:evilgrin: