Posted on 03/21/2014 11:32:24 AM PDT by mandaladon
If Hillary Clinton runs for president in 2016 her top selling point will be — not her experience, not her competency, or intelligence — the fact that if she would be the first U.S. president with ovaries.
A new Gallup poll released Friday found that when asked what the best or most positive thing about a Hillary Clinton presidency would be, 18 percent cited the fact that she would be the first woman president. The second most popular answer, at nine percent, was her experience, specifically her foreign policy experience.
Other positives, that netted at least five percent of respondents, were that she would be the best choice, that she would be a change from the Bush and Obama administrations and that she would stick to a Democratic agenda.
A little less than half of respondents either had no opinion (22 percent) and answered “nothing” (27 percent).
“Clearly Clinton’s ‘unique selling proposition’ is that she would be the first woman president,” Gallup’s Frank Newport writes. “Nearly one in five Americans mention this historic possibility as a positive, including 22% of women, 27% of 18- to 29-year-olds, and 30% of Democrats.”
Just four percent of Americans said the most negative aspect of a Clinton presidency would be the fact that she is a woman, and one percent said that the country is not ready for a woman president.
When broken down by party, Democrats who had a negative view of a Hillary Clinton presidency were most likely to say they “don’t want a female president.” Six percent of Democrats gave that response. Most Republicans said the most negative aspect would be a “continuation of this path.”
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Sad
She may be the first with ovaries, but she will have the record for the highest quantity of estrogen.
Are we sure she’s female?
Skin color was enough for Obama, gender will be enough for Hillary. I know plenty of women who say it’s time for a woman president. Not that it’s time for a competent woman president, just a woman, any woman.
Women will cross party lines to vote for someone in the “sisterhood”.
Her other selling points being ...
Not Have!!! (stupid phone keyboard)
So maybe if we drill a hole in Ted Cruz...?
Okay never mind.
I imagine what conservatives view as important are totally different from liberals.
uhhhh — and just what gender would that be???
You mean they’ve established her gender?
Are you already at happy hour?
Not if its Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachman.
She’s gender-agnostic.
There are far too many voters out there who simply don’t learn the lessons of casting a ballot for someone because of what they are, vs. what they’ve accomplished.
My outlook for this country’s future is very dark indeed.
Yep. I have no doubt there are prominent, erstwhile conservative women who will nonetheless vote for Hillary "because it's time" for a woman in the White House.
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