Poll: Only 55% of Americans would vote for a gay President (1% better than being divorced 3 times) [View All]

published Thursday, February 22, 2007

A new poll indicates that a majority of Americans would vote for a gay person if he or she were nominated for president.

The USA Today/Gallup survey released Feb. 16 found that 55 percent of respondents would vote for their party's gay or lesbian nominee if he or she were "generally well-qualified." A hypothetical gay pol polled better than one who had been married three times -- which only 54 percent of respondents found acceptable.

Given the wide range of backgrounds among the current and presumptive 2008 presidential contenders, the poll asked how willing Americans would be to vote for them.

Ninety-five percent of those polled would vote for a Catholic; 94 percent would vote for an African-American; 88 percent would vote for a woman and 72 percent would vote for a Mormon.

Only 42 percent said they would be "comfortable" voting for someone 72 years old -- which happens to be Sen. John McCain's age -- though another 15 percent could do it "with reservations."

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The only category to poll below 50 percent was "atheist."

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