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64 percent say U.S. ready for woman leader
Feb. 21, 2006 at 10:31AM
Sixty-four percent of U.S. voters asked say the country is ready for a
female president in 2008, which is up two percent from last year, a
poll said Tuesday.
"While three-quarters of Democrats and only half of Republicans
think the country is ready for a woman president in two years, there is
virtually no difference on this question between men and women,"
Douglas Lonnstrom, director of the Siena Research Institute and
professor of statistics, said. "The lack of a gender gap is consistent
with last year's findings, as is the fact that 80 percent of women and
78 percent of men say they would vote for a woman for president."
The Hearst/Siena College poll also asked respondents if three
specific women should run for president. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton,
D-N.Y., received the greatest support with 51 percent, followed by
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with 48 percent. Eleven percent
said first lady Laura Bush should run for president.
The poll was conducted Feb.6-10, 2006 by telephone calls to 1,120
registered voters in 50 states and the District of Columbia. It has a
margin of error of 2.9 points.
64 percent say U.S. ready for woman leader
Feb. 21, 2006 at 10:31AM
Sixty-four percent of U.S. voters asked say the country is ready for a
female president in 2008, which is up two percent from last year, a
poll said Tuesday.
"While three-quarters of Democrats and only half of Republicans
think the country is ready for a woman president in two years, there is
virtually no difference on this question between men and women,"
Douglas Lonnstrom, director of the Siena Research Institute and
professor of statistics, said. "The lack of a gender gap is consistent
with last year's findings, as is the fact that 80 percent of women and
78 percent of men say they would vote for a woman for president."
The Hearst/Siena College poll also asked respondents if three
specific women should run for president. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton,
D-N.Y., received the greatest support with 51 percent, followed by
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with 48 percent. Eleven percent
said first lady Laura Bush should run for president.
The poll was conducted Feb.6-10, 2006 by telephone calls to 1,120
registered voters in 50 states and the District of Columbia. It has a
margin of error of 2.9 points.