What chance for Presidentwould the following have?

steve_inhiding
steve_inhiding Posts: 41
edited April 2008 in A Moving Train
Hi,

I was wondering what you think the chances are of someone being elected President of the USA if they fell into one of the following catagories, assumong they had reasonable policies, of course. Please base this on what you think the country would say, not just yourselves.

A) A women

B) An African-American

C) A Homosexual

D) A Muslim

E) A Jew

F) An Atheist/Agnostic


Cheers
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  • brandon10
    brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    steve_inhiding wrote:
    Hi,

    I was wondering what you think the chances are of someone being elected President of the USA if they fell into one of the following catagories, assumong they had reasonable policies, of course. Please base this on what you think the country would say, not just yourselves.

    A) A women

    B) An African-American

    C) A Homosexual

    D) A Muslim

    E) A Jew

    F) An Atheist/Agnostic


    Cheers

    The retards at Fox news would like to have you believe Obama is B,D, and F.
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Hey, I thought Hillary fit all those criteria. :D

    Oh, I forgot G) Not bitter, duck-shooting pisshead.
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    brandon10 wrote:
    The retards at Fox news would like to have you believe Obama is B,D, and F.


    So he isn't a black man at all?
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    unsung wrote:
    So he isn't a black man at all?


    Ah, but there's some questioning of the "African-American" terminology, because Obama's not the descendant of imported slaves, right? His dad was Kenyan? I dunno. Something like that. A lot of people get picky about the ideological baggage of the term. You could be of African descent and American, but somehow that would be deemed different if the Middle Passage didn't come into the equation.
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    steve_inhiding wrote:

    A) A women

    B) An African-American

    C) A Homosexual

    D) A Muslim

    E) A Jew

    F) An Atheist/Agnostic


    Cheers

    A. Hillary has a shot.
    B. Same with Obama
    C. None
    D. None
    E. I see no reason why a good candidate should not be recognized.
    F. Probably not a good chance. Too many Bible thumpers.
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    steve_inhiding wrote:
    Hi,

    I was wondering what you think the chances are of someone being elected President of the USA if they fell into one of the following catagories, assumong they had reasonable policies, of course. Please base this on what you think the country would say, not just yourselves.

    A) A women

    B) An African-American

    C) A Homosexual

    D) A Muslim

    E) A Jew

    F) An Atheist/Agnostic


    Cheers

    All of those choices are meaningless if you don't have the millions of dollars it takes to get you smeared all over the tv thus elected. It all comes down to money.
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  • TDMize15
    TDMize15 Posts: 166
    This was actually brought up in my Sociology class about a week ago. Here's what a survey taken on this issue said:

    If the candidate has the following trait:

    -Atheist - 63% are less likely to support
    -Homosexual- 46% are less likely to support
    -Muslim- 46% are less likely to support
    -Woman- 11% are less likely to support
    -Black 4% are less likely to support

    (Can't find a link, it's on my professor's website. He got it from the New York Times 7-22-07)
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  • steve_inhiding
    steve_inhiding Posts: 41
    Don't Know Myself wrote:
    This was actually brought up in my Sociology class about a week ago. Here's what a survey taken on this issue said:

    If the candidate has the following trait:

    -Atheist - 63% are less likely to support
    -Homosexual- 46% are less likely to support
    -Muslim- 46% are less likely to support
    -Woman- 11% are less likely to support
    -Black 4% are less likely to support

    (Can't find a link, it's on my professor's website. He got it from the New York Times 7-22-07)

    Thanks, I think NZ would be roughly the same, except for the atheist, where we generally don't care. Helen Clarke (a woman, believe it or not) is an atheist and no one cares.

    I'm surprised a muslim would receive more support than an atheist, based on just the above criterion.
  • Hoon
    Hoon Posts: 175
    steve_inhiding wrote:
    Hi,

    I was wondering what you think the chances are of someone being elected President of the USA if they fell into one of the following catagories, assumong they had reasonable policies, of course. Please base this on what you think the country would say, not just yourselves.

    A) A women

    B) An African-American

    C) A Homosexual

    D) A Muslim

    E) A Jew

    F) An Atheist/Agnostic


    Cheers


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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    unsung wrote:
    A. Hillary has a shot.
    B. Same with Obama
    C. None
    D. None
    E. I see no reason why a good candidate should not be recognized.
    F. Probably not a good chance. Too many Bible thumpers.
    Looks about right to me.
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Ah, but there's some questioning of the "African-American" terminology, because Obama's not the descendant of imported slaves, right? His dad was Kenyan? I dunno. Something like that. A lot of people get picky about the ideological baggage of the term. You could be of African descent and American, but somehow that would be deemed different if the Middle Passage didn't come into the equation.
    Yes sir, that's some crazy shit....about like the argument of how black one is based on the particular shade of one's skin. :rolleyes:
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.

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