Most American Voters Say They're Ready For A Woman President: Survey

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More than half of American voters say they’re ready for a woman president, according to a survey released Thursday.

The nationally representative survey of U.S. voters conducted by women’s advocacy group LeanIn.org found that 53% of voters said they’re “very ready” or “extremely ready” for a woman to be president. An additional quarter of voters described themselves as “moderately ready,” while 12% said they’re “not at all” ready.

However, when voters were asked whether they thought “most Americans” were ready for a female commander in chief, the majority underestimated their fellow Americans’ enthusiasm. In response to the question, “How ready are most Americans for a woman to be president?” only 16% estimated that their compatriots were “very” or “extremely” ready, and nearly half (46%) guessed “slightly” or “not at all” ready.

Rachel Thomas, president of LeanIn.org, said that the research shows it’s a “misguided assumption to think America isn’t ready” for a woman to be president. And the group’s report posits that if Democrats don’t think others may be ready to vote for a woman ― i.e., that a woman would be “electable” ― then they might not cast their ballots for one in the primary.

“There’s a knee-jerk response that people tend to have that men are more presidential and an assumption that men are more electable.... Those are age-old ideas,” Thomas said. “We see men as more electable because that’s all we’ve ever seen.”

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/survey-voters-woman-president-electability-130000942.html?.tsrc=fauxdal

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1. After the Trump Debacle, It's Difficult to Say a Woman President Might Mess Things Up

Trump is a permanent counter to that silly argument.