This statistic depicts American survey respondents answers to a question asked in 1978, 1999, 2012, and 2024 about whether or not they would vote for presidential candidates nominated by their own political party, who had specific religious, racial or gender characteristics. In 2024, 60 percent of survey respondents said they would vote for an atheist presidential candidate.
Would you vote for a U.S. presidential candidate who is either a woman, black, jewish, gay, an atheist or Catholic?
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Original survey question: "Between now and the 2024 political conventions, there will be discussion about the qualifications of presidential candidates, their education, age, religion, race and so on. If your party nominated a generally well-qualified person for president who happened to be (see list), would you vote for that person?"
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Gallup. (January 26, 2024). Would you vote for a U.S. presidential candidate who is either a woman, black, jewish, gay, an atheist or Catholic? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/234783/discrimination-against-us-presidential-candidates-by-various-attributes/
Gallup. "Would you vote for a U.S. presidential candidate who is either a woman, black, jewish, gay, an atheist or Catholic?." Chart. January 26, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/234783/discrimination-against-us-presidential-candidates-by-various-attributes/
Gallup. (2024). Would you vote for a U.S. presidential candidate who is either a woman, black, jewish, gay, an atheist or Catholic?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/234783/discrimination-against-us-presidential-candidates-by-various-attributes/
Gallup. "Would You Vote for a U.S. Presidential Candidate Who Is Either a Woman, Black, Jewish, Gay, An Atheist or Catholic?." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/234783/discrimination-against-us-presidential-candidates-by-various-attributes/
Gallup, Would you vote for a U.S. presidential candidate who is either a woman, black, jewish, gay, an atheist or Catholic? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/234783/discrimination-against-us-presidential-candidates-by-various-attributes/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Would you vote for a U.S. presidential candidate who is either a woman, black, jewish, gay, an atheist or Catholic? [Graph], Gallup, January 26, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/234783/discrimination-against-us-presidential-candidates-by-various-attributes/
