Is America evolved enough to elect a black President? A woman?

Question

The question is: If you have 3 candidates all equally qualified to be president, a black man, a woman and a white upper-class male, which will America choose?

Yes, it is an "evolution" thing. The U.S. has now acknowledged the rights of women and all races, but will it choose to be led by someone who is now christian male aristocrat?

Answer 1

Doubtful. Women and minorities may be equal in the eyes of the law, but that does not mean racism and sexism does not exist in America.

May I add white males founded this country because women were stuck in the kitchen and blacks out in the field? They didn't exactly have a fair chance to help found America.

Answer 2

It's going to be close but I think the bad taste the republicans have put into the mouth of America is only getting worse. Now that they are the minority, I believe they are starting to be viewed as obstructionists and being seen as staying the course. I think these actions along with the President's policies in the middle-east and the possibility of even more military action in other countries, will insure a democratic victory in the next election. Take your pick, Hillary or Barak. You heard it here first.

Answer 3

Choosing a candidate based on their race or gender to make some sort of PC statement is bad citizenship. One should ONLY vote for the issues, party and candidate that best represent their values. But I can hear it now..."Republicans are racist because they didn't vote Obama." Black, white, woman, man. Vote for who is qualified.

Answer 4

I, as an American, am questioning an similar aspect. at the same time as i'm hoping that persons have moved previous judging someone through the colour of their epidermis, the reality is racism is alive and correctly. i grow to be in Arkansas this summer and a white guy muttered a racial slur directed at a black guy when we were at a gasoline station. i grow to be type of very much shocked. yet, i'm from California and the position I stay, the whites stay in a unmarried area, the blacks stay in yet another area and Mexicans in yet another so it is racially divided like that. yet, i'm hoping u . s . of america supplies Obama a probability - Bush and his fellow Republican's have run u . s . of america into the floor all in the call of capitalist greed. i presumed there grow to be some reality in the state the chief of Iran made on the UN at the same time as he suggested u . s . of america is on the decline.

Answer 5

First, think about which Americans vote:
-States with easier voter registration requirements have larger turnouts (only 70-75% of Americans are registered to vote)
-On average, just over 50% of eligible voters vote in US Presidential elections
-Older citizens are more likely to vote than younger citizens: those who began voting *prior to 1960* maintain the same high turnout rates of that era
-For each subsequent generation, starting with the one that came of age in the 1960s, voter turnout has steadily declined

So of the 50% of the eligible voters who are voting (that's of the 70-75% who are registered to vote):
-Many of the voters are 60+ years old,
-Less likely voters are 50+, then 40+, then 30+,
-Voters in their 20's are the least likely to vote

Our typical voter grew up in the 1930's and 40's, the next set of voters grew up in the 1950's, then 1960's, and 1970's. The least likely voters grew up in the 1980's.

Americans who are 60+ are probably the least likely people to vote for a woman to be President or for a black person to be President.

Evolving has nothing to do with it. Getting elected revolves around who votes in our elections.

Answer 6

Evolved enough to elect a black President? Yes. A woman? Yes. But it won't be Hussein Obama, or Hillary.

Answer 7

Evolved?
Wrong word choice. Enlightened might be better. Actually there are quite a few words that would be better. People get hung up on that word and don't think about what you are really trying to ask. Hey, what are you asking anyway?

Answer 8

Evolved enough to elect a black or female president? Yes.
Decadent enough to elect Hillary Clinton or Barak Obama? I hope & pray not.

Answer 9

Its not about being evovled - its about whether people believe that person is appropriate for the job at that specific time.

Answer 10

Sssh - don't use that dirty word "evolved", the fundies go into fits and start speaking in tongues - I'm not sure but there are a few who are already. Lets not encourage it.