Americans' Political Study

From USA Today:

“Pete Buttigieg is making history with 2020 run, but many Americans think US not ready for gay president”

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has made history as the first openly gay presidential candidate to make a viable run for the nomination of a major political party, raising the question: Is America ready for a gay commander in chief?  The answer, according to a Politico/Morning Consult poll published Wednesday, is that 44% of registered voters say the country isn't there yet.  But 40% said the U.S. is ready for a gay or lesbian president, while 15% weren't sure. And voters were much more skeptical when asked whether they thought their neighbors were ready: 46% told pollsters they weren't and 26% said they were (28% weren't sure).  But many voters appear to believe they are more progressive than their neighbors on the matter. Fifty percent said they were personally ready for a gay or lesbian president, compared with 37% who said they were not (13% said they didn't know or had no opinion). 

Here is a breakdown of how voters felt about some other traits of potential White House occupants:

Female President:

73% say they are ready, 19% say they are not

70% say America is ready, 20% say it is not

52% say their neighbors are ready, 23% say they are not

Hispanic President:

65% say they are ready, 32% say they are not 

56% say America is ready, 39% say it is not

42% say their neighbors are ready, 29% say they are not

Agnostic/nonreligious President:

45% say they are ready, 41% say they are not 

38% say America is ready, 44% say it is not 

28% said their neighbors are ready, 41% say they are not

Unmarried President:

71% say they are ready, 16% say they are not 

63% say America is ready, 18% say it is not 

48% say their neighbors are ready, 21% say they are not

Vegan President:

61% say they are ready, 17% say they are not 

54% say America is ready, 17% say it is not 

45% say their neighbors are ready, 20% say they are not

As for the man who is now residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., a majority of voters said they weren't ready for another four years of President Donald Trump.  Fifty-two percent of voters said they would vote for someone other than Trump, with 46% of them saying they would "definitely" not vote for him. Thirty-nine percent said they would vote to reelect the president, with 29% of them saying they "definitely" would.  In potential head-to-head matchups, voters preferred former Vice President Joe Biden over Trump 41%-36% and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont over the president 39%-37%. Trump came out ahead of Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts 36%-35%, Sen. Kamala Harris of California 36%-31% and Buttigieg 35%-29%.  When asked about the impeachment inquiry into allegations Trump leveraged military aid to pressure Ukraine into investigating Biden, 48% said they supported the inquiry and 43% said they were opposed. But 48% also said they disapproved of how House Democrats have handled the process, while 39% approved.  Forty-eight percent thought Trump should be impeached and removed from office, and 43% opposed his removal. About one-third of voters said they would be less likely to vote for their representative or senator in the next election if he or she voted for Trump's impeachment or removal.  Overall, Trump's job approval was 43%, and disapproval was at 54%.  The poll was conducted from Oct. 25-28 with a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

^ While this study is interesting it isn’t really accurate in that people openly change their viewpoints when asked for a study or poll so they don’t seem ignorant or racism, sexist, homophobic, etc. People who openly say they will vote a certain way can hold different private feelings (especially when they vote behind a closed curtain at the polling station.  To clear something up: America has already had an unmarried President: James Buchanan Jr. Buchanan was the 15th US President from 1857-1861, a Democrat who helped lead the US into the Civil War (1861-1865.) Many historians consider him the worst US President for not addressing slavery or the secession of the Southern US States. He is also believed to have been gay (because of his reported close and intimate relationship with William Rufus King who served as Vice President under Franklin Pierce from March 1853 until his death in April 1853.) The US has also had its first biracial (half-Black, half-White) President with Barack Obama who was the 44th President from 2009-2017.) Since most people know who Obama is I won’t mention it here – like I did with Buchanan.  I personally only care if a person who wants to be US President is qualified for the position (meaning that they have an understanding of domestic and foreign issues and what they think about different issues within that context - ie. their views on Education, Health Care, the Military, the US in different World Organizations, Unemployment, Illegal Immigration, Legal Immigration, Taxes, the US’s role around the world, etc.) Today’s US President (whether: male or female; White, Black, Hispanic, Asian or Bi-Racial; Gay or Straight; Democrat, Republican or Independent) needs to know something about everything as well as knowing who to turn to for advice on the issues as they come up. That seems like a lot for one person to do, but that is what is needed in the 2nd Decade of the 21st Century with the United States as the only World’s Super Power influencing everything around the world from Politics to Entertainment.  I can only hope that whomever becomes the next US President will fit that job description. ^

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/10/30/pete-buttigieg-running-many-say-us-not-ready-gay-president/4095045002/