Malena Amusa

Americans Warming up to Diverse Candidates

Sifting through the garbage of news about Sen. Barack’s multi-ethnic loyalties, I almost missed this Gallop Survey:

Asked if they’d [Americans] be willing to vote for a “generally well-qualified” candidate with the following characteristics, here’s how the tally went:

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%

This looks like good news for both the Democratic Senators; but for anyone holding out hope, this makes it clear there will be no coming out on the campaign trail anytime soon…

Posted at 6:50 AM, Mar 16, 2007 in News | Permalink | View Comments