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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew Poll Finds 74% Of Americans Would Be Comfortable Blaming Female President For Problems
?6408WASHINGTONIndicating a major shift in public opinion from just a generation ago, a poll conducted by Gallup this week found that 74 percent of Americans would be comfortable blaming a female president for the problems facing the nation.
According to our latest survey, nearly three quarters of Americans now say theyd be willing to saddle a female president with blame for everything from a stagnant economy to interminable wars in the Middle East, up from barely half of respondents a decade earlier, said lead researcher Jennifer Cervantes, emphasizing that while nine of every 10 voters under the age of 40 said they could see themselves condemning a woman president on nearly any issue, older votersa demographic typically more opposed to vilifying a female commander-in-chief and angrily attributing Americas declining global influence and ballooning debt to her incompetencewere now becoming increasingly receptive to the possibility.
The change has been striking; for the first time in this nations history, were entering an election year in which a significant majority of voters say they can see themselves denouncing everything a female president does and accusing her of being the single worst thing that has ever happened to the country. In a further sign of Americans evolving views, the study also found that 95 percent of Americans now believe theyll bitterly abhor a female president in their lifetime
http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-poll-finds-74-of-americans-would-be-comfortabl,38345/
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New Poll Finds 74% Of Americans Would Be Comfortable Blaming Female President For Problems (Original Post)
Katashi_itto
Apr 2015
OP
Many of us would be perfectly happy giving them a female President to blame. :)
pinboy3niner
Apr 2015
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haikugal
(6,476 posts)1. Of course they would..
Women are raised to take the blame...damn, this doesn't surprise me!
Oh you bugger...LOL
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)2. The sad thing about the Onion
"A magician gives you illusion in the disguise of truth, I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion" -Tennessee Williams.
haikugal
(6,476 posts)3. Very true...lol
longship
(40,416 posts)4. Wow! I've never seen that one before.
But... Just WOW!
Yet another reason to respect Tennessee Williams.
...and The Onion, of course.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)5. Many of us would be perfectly happy giving them a female President to blame. :)
treestar
(82,383 posts)6. LOL
Thanks Hillary!