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In reply to the discussion: Nearly 60 Percent of Republicans Don't Want A Woman President In Their Lifetime, Poll Finds [View all]thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)My voting preferences have nothing to with gender or ethnicity. Did I specifically *want* an African American president? No, I didn't much care, I jus wanted a president who embodied certain goals and ideals, and I very happily voted for Obama, his color having nothing to do with it. I don't think everyone who voted for Obama specifically wanted an AA president, nor do I think that everyone who voted for McCain dd it simply because they wanted to avoid having an AA president. I'm sure there were lots of voters who did vote for those reasons, but I think most people probably voted based on other things, not their color.
So do I specifically WANT a woman president in my lifetime? No, it doesn't really matter to me. I voted for Hillary, and I would gladly vote for Elizabeth Warren, but their gender has absolutely nothing to do with my reasons for voting for them. I don't particularly "want" to see a female, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, or any other "person category" of President. I just want a good President regardless of any of those things.
So if I were surveyed, I would have said I don't want a female president, despite no qualms about it at all, because to me, it's simply an irrelevant factor, neither something I specifically want to happen nor something I specifically want to avoid having happen. (I understand it is a very important factor for some people, though.)