Does the color or gender of a Presidential Candidate really matter to You?

Question

Does the color or gender of a Presidential Candidate really matter to You?

Answer 1

No

Answer 2

No, as long as they are not far left liberal or far right  conservative

Answer 3

It doesn't to me; but, it does to a lot of people even though they may be embarrassed to admit it. So they try to find other reasons not to vote for him like "Obama is really a Muslim..."  Which is, of course, nonsense; but, they need to believe that in order to justify their prejudice.

Answer 4

I do try to go color/gender blind when looking at all elected officials on my ballot.

Issues, and character are what I look for in a leader, but ... I would like to see more than just a string of white men in the history books.

Answer 5

nope

Answer 6

I have neither seen a black nor a white man, how do they look? Look at your skin? Is it realy white or black? I guess its neither. The so called white men arent white while black men arent actually black, this is something society ignores in a big way. Skin is only pigmentation, the more the pigments, the darker the skin and vice versa.  

Answer 7

Of course not

Answer 8

Issues, Morals, Ethics that's all.

Answer 9

Nope and I don't have "white guilt" which is Obama's 2nd largest voting base.

Answer 10

Umm... A little bit

Answer 11

By the end of this presidential campaign, I will have supported a latino, voted for a woman in the primary, and voted for a black man in the general election and I am enthusiastic about all of those candidates in this year with such a strong slate of democrats. However, I would have supported Biden or Edwards or possibly others who I didn't get to know had they won the primary (would have gotten to know them better if they hadn't dropped out before my primary), once I got to know them better. It really just depends on the policies of the candidate. I don't see why their race or gender makes any difference.

Answer 12

nope! :D

Answer 13

Not the least bit.

Answer 14

No - it is simply their qualifications for the job.

Answer 15

I agree with Robert, Obama built his success on "white guilt".

It won't be enough to win the elections though.

Answer 16

No, but apparently it does to the media. Have we heard the word Obama without hearing black? Or Palin without hearing woman? We're not blind, we can see this for ourselves. To me its a non issue and I wish that they would stop harping on it.

Answer 17

Gender no, race yes.

I think I'll say that because 90% of Obama's black votes are because he is BLACK.

GO WHITE PEOPLE!