Interesting...

I'm not sure how many of you read USA TODAY, but today's cover article on the presidential hopefuls is very interesting. USA TODAY and Gallup have been polling Americans in the past few weeks to gage the comfort level on a particular candidate. Here are some interesting statistics:

90% of liberals would be comfortable voting for a female candidate.
60% of conservatives would be comfortable voting for a female candidate.

(This is decent for Hillary)

92% of liberals would be comfortable voting for a black candidate.
77% of conservatives would be comfortable voting for a black candidate.

(This is better for Barack Obama)

49% of conservatives would be comfortable voting for a candidate who is 72 years old
33% of liberals would be comfortable voting for a candidate who is 72 years old

(This does not look good for John McCain who will be 72 in 2008)

63% of liberals would be comfortable voting for a candidate who has been married three times.
45% of conservatives would be comfortable voting for a candidate who has been married three times.

(This looks troubling for Rudy Guilani)

About 63% of Americans would be comfortable voting for a candidate who is a Mormom

(This is troubling for Mitt Romney)

All in all, it seems right now that Americans are more comfortable voting for a one of the democrat candidates then the republicant's candidates. What a fascinating time it would be if the first ever black was electected, the first female president, the first Italian-American president, the first Mormon president, or the oldest president was elected. It's a good time to be a political wonk right now.

Side tangent, when did it go back to being acceptable to call African-Americans, black?