“Homosexual” Breaks The 50% Barrier For Whom America Would Vote For President
As reported on Towleroad.com
Editor & Publisher has an interesting report on some poll numbers:
"A new Gallup survey confirms that Americans claim they will be willing to vote for a woman (read: Hillary Clinton) or a black (read: Barack Obama) for president next year. But they still raise questions about voting for a well-qualified Mormon (Mitt Romney) or 72-year-old (John McCain) or someone who has been divorced twice (Rudy Giuliani)."
Here is how the numbers lined up:
"Asked if they'd be willing to vote for a 'generally well-qualified' candidate with the following characteristics, here's how the tally went in the Feb. 9- 11 poll.
Black 94% Jewish 92% A woman 88% Hispanic 87% Mormon 72% Married for third time 67% 72 years of age 57% A homosexual 55% An atheist 45%
Conservatives express more misgivings about candidates from all of the above categories -- except the age question, where they are more disapproving of voting for someone 72 or over."
Fairly interesting results.
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