Do you think America is ready for either a women or minority president?

Question

Be honest, i've been questioning this a lot lately. And while i personally am ready and willing for a change. I dont know if we americans as a whole are going to be so willing.
What is your {HONEST} opinion on this subject?

as you can see from below I'm somehow getting bashed, by proposing a question. I am remaining unbiased in this topic and I'm getting berated.

But thanks it flattering!

Answer 1

We have never had a woman or a minority as president and despite all the talk about how it shouldn’t matter, it obviously does.

Black men have always been able to vote in states like Massachusetts and New York and women gained the right to vote in 1920 but, until now, not one person of either category has had a realistic prayer of becoming president. We have obviously had a cultural inhibition of some sort when it comes to this issue. To deny that is to deny the facts.

I honestly don’t know whether the country is ready. Things have been changing on the political scene but somewhat slowly.

Answer 2

I would hope that by the year 2007 that we are out of the middle ages and the good ole boy system. Queen Elizabeth I said that it did not matter if one was "cloven or crested" but that they were an effective leader. America has sadly been lacking in leadership for the past two terms although Bush is milky white and crested, and I would definately qualify him as a good ole boy. We need to look past the color of a person's skin and their gender and look instead to their qualifications. I personally think that Hillary Clinton would make an awesome President and that she would have the world's best advisor. I don't think America can handle another Bush-clone. I think there would be no America by the time they leave office.

Answer 3

The only party that will realistically put forth a woman or minority candidate with any chance of winning is the Democratic Party and some people in this country are still too conservative to vote for the more progressive party. That is reality.

I think either Hillary or Obama can win but you have to discount a segment of the population that would never vote for a woman or an African American and an overlapping segment that is too conservative to vote Democratic.

Answer 4

Any intellegent thinking American should vote according to the qualifications of the individual, not their race or sex. To do so would be chauvenistic. I would vote for a woman if I thought she was qualified to fill the position as well as any minority.

Answer 5

First of all it will be a woman that is first.

Women were citizens of this country long before blacks.

A black president will come before a Latino president.

We have been acceptable to disabled presidents so I see no cause why above statements should not be.

Answer 6

hey the most ruthless rulers in history have been women, let one pms and run out of chocolate, yes were ready for a women, can,t do any wors then some of these men,want a job done right give it to a women lollollol, on the min ority
guestion not now hopefully not in the near future, after that i,ll be dead and who will care anyway.

Answer 7

I'm tired of being asked, "would you vote for a woman for president?" I vote for a candidate based on their ability to lead the country, their experience as a leader, their belief that the U.S. stands for freedom (not freebies!), their stance on the issues, and whether they believe in America's sovereignty. I DO NOT vote for a candidate based on whether or not they have a uterus. I don't give a living poopie if a candidate is a woman (I'm likely to cast a vote for Condaleza Rice) or a man; I don't care if a candidate is black (Alan Keyes was my candidate twice) or white or hispanic or whatever.

Base your decisions, people, on what's vital for OUR nation, not on gender or race or any other superficial factor.

Answer 8

I think it's time Americans put prejudicial views aside and not let the color of one's skin or the ethnicity or sex decide who they will vote for. It's the qualifications that matter.

Answer 9

The question should be:
Why should a woman or minority president make the slightest bit of difference? Isn't it his/her personality, beliefs and political manifesto that should convince us to vote for him/her, rather than his/her race or gender?

Answer 10

When everyone still has to use the adjectives of " woman" or " minority" when describing a candidate then I would say no.