Poll: Clinton's Run Opens Doors For Women
Hillary Clinton's campaign as the first serious female contender for the Democratic presidential nomination represents a shattering of the glass ceiling in presidential politics, a new CBS News poll shows. Most voters think that win or lose, her candidacy will make it easier for other women to run for president.
Sixty percent of men and 76 percent of women agree that Clinton's candidacy will make it easier for future women to run for president.
The historic nature of Clinton's candidacy is reflected in the bipartisan nature of voters' views on this question. Seventy-five percent of Democrats and 63 percent of Republicans think her campaign will make it easier for females to run in the future.
Voters embrace the concept of a woman as a serious presidential candidate, as 88 percent agree with the statement "I am glad to see a woman as a serious contender for president." This is a more widespread welcome than what Geraldine Ferraro received when she became the first female vice presidential candidate representing a major U.S. political party in 1984. A CBS News/New York Times Poll that year found that 62 percent of voters agreed they were "glad that a woman was nominated as vice president."
Sixty-three percent of voters would like to see a woman become president in their lifetime. More women (69 percent) than men (57 percent) said they would like to see a female commander-in-chief.
Sixty-nine percent of voters think it is likely that there will be a woman president in their lifetime. Seventy-nine percent of voters under age 45 say this possibility is likely, while just 44 percent of those 65 and older say it is.
Nearly half of voters (45 percent) think the media has been harder on Clinton than they have been on other candidates. Sixty-seven percent of those who think the media has been harder on Clinton feel that it's at least somewhat the result of her gender.
Read The Complete Poll
This poll was conducted among a random sample of 798 adults nationwide, including 712 registered voters, interviewed by telephone May 30-June 2, 2008. Phone numbers were dialed from RDD samples of both standard land-lines and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus four percentage points. The error for subgroups is higher. The error for the sample of registered voters is plus or minus four points.
Copyright 2009 CBS. All rights reserved. Sixty percent of men and 76 percent of women agree that Clinton's candidacy will make it easier for future women to run for president.
The historic nature of Clinton's candidacy is reflected in the bipartisan nature of voters' views on this question. Seventy-five percent of Democrats and 63 percent of Republicans think her campaign will make it easier for females to run in the future.
Voters embrace the concept of a woman as a serious presidential candidate, as 88 percent agree with the statement "I am glad to see a woman as a serious contender for president." This is a more widespread welcome than what Geraldine Ferraro received when she became the first female vice presidential candidate representing a major U.S. political party in 1984. A CBS News/New York Times Poll that year found that 62 percent of voters agreed they were "glad that a woman was nominated as vice president."
Sixty-three percent of voters would like to see a woman become president in their lifetime. More women (69 percent) than men (57 percent) said they would like to see a female commander-in-chief.
Sixty-nine percent of voters think it is likely that there will be a woman president in their lifetime. Seventy-nine percent of voters under age 45 say this possibility is likely, while just 44 percent of those 65 and older say it is.
Nearly half of voters (45 percent) think the media has been harder on Clinton than they have been on other candidates. Sixty-seven percent of those who think the media has been harder on Clinton feel that it's at least somewhat the result of her gender.
Read The Complete Poll
This poll was conducted among a random sample of 798 adults nationwide, including 712 registered voters, interviewed by telephone May 30-June 2, 2008. Phone numbers were dialed from RDD samples of both standard land-lines and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus four percentage points. The error for subgroups is higher. The error for the sample of registered voters is plus or minus four points.
When Hillary was speaking about her health care plan and used a womans recent death to illustrate the story...without the facts...was character revealing. The hospital involved contacted her campaign and asked her to stop with the campaign story SINCE IT WAS NOT TRUE. The excuse from the campaign was that they ''could not possibly check out all the facts on all the stories...''. Hillary dropped the story.
Here is a person running for President, not bothering to do her homework, or even have someone else do it.
How would any of us feel if a candidate was out stumping for votes on a family tragedy? Its easy for Hillary, she does not care what is in her way. She is not bothered by the rules...the DNC, her own party, common sense, the basic rule of law, or even what the media will think of her. I cannot imagine if that was my sister or mother she was talking about without all the facts and riding my loss for her personal gain.
Insult to injury, the entire country waits for her decision, how she feels, what she thinks. Obviously, this woman does not hear ''No'' too much...she can''t handle it.
For all the Hillary supporters angry about the sexist-women-hating media....how is it that NOT ONE story about the Clinton v. Paul trial was reported?
How does a candidate for the Presidency of the United States of America, ordered to testify in a civil trial for fraud...get a pass. Judge Munoz required her to testify but allowed her to finish the campaign first. Very nice of him, doesn''t sound like sexist treatment there!
With all the Hyper-scrutiny going on, we overlooked that a candidate involved in a case concerning the same candidates senatorial campaign!!
This was Hillary''s race to lose, and she did it all by herself. Her campaign has been broke since January, her staff asked to take pay-cuts and a string of small business left un-paid across the country...maybe they were asked to make ''donations'' of the debt owed...we''ll never know.
The Clintons have shamed and mocked the country enough. I agree that Obama does not have the experience she does....but we''ve seen the Clintons operate and its ugly.
I would love to hear a Hillary supporter explain away all the scandals that seem to follow the Clintons around.
Posted by shaheed8 at 01:25 PM : Jun 04, 2008
"shameless attempt" ? "coerce Obama" ? How many more lies have you got up your sleeve, shaheed8 ? Your credibility is now in negative territory.
Hillary can register as an Independent as did Joe Lieberman during the last election. If she chose that option my guess is that she would leave both Obama and McCain in the dust. Influential Democrats and Obama followers have made no secret that they dislike her. If she chooses to stay with the Democrats such a decision can be only judged as selfless.
STAY THE HELL AWAY THIS DIRT!