Poll Watch: Gallup Survey on Acceptance of Presidential Candidates

Gallup Poll on Acceptance of Presidential Candidates

Between now and the 2012 political conventions, there will be discussion about the qualifications of presidential candidates -- their education, age, religion, race, and so on. If your party nominated a generally well-qualified person for president who happened to be ________________ , would you vote for that person?

BLACK

• Yes, would 96%
• No, would not 4%

A WOMAN

• Yes, would 95%
• No, would not 5%

CATHOLIC

• Yes, would 94%
• No, would not 5%

HISPANIC

• Yes, would 92%
• No, would not 7%

JEWISH

• Yes, would 91%
• No, would not 6%

MORMON

• Yes, would 80%
• No, would not 18%

GAY or LESBIAN

• Yes, would 68%
• No, would not 30%

MUSLIM

• Yes, would 58%
• No, would not 40%

AN ATHEIST

• Yes, would 54%
• No, would not 43%

National survey of 1,004 adults was conducted June 7-10, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points.

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