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 News from Around the Americas | November 2007 
U.S. Not Ready for Mormon, Hispanic President
 Angus Reid Global Monitor
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Adults in the United States hold differing views about the chances of some presidential contenders, according to a poll by Hart/McInturff released by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News. 46 per cent of respondents think the U.S. is ready to elect a qualified Hispanic as president, and 38 per cent feel the same way about a qualified Mormon.
Conversely, more than 60 per cent of respondents think the U.S. is ready to elect a qualified Italian American, a qualified woman and a qualified African American to the presidency.
The next presidential election is scheduled for November 2008. The Democratic Party’s candidates include Illinois senator Barack Obama, the son of a white mother and a black father; New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is the only woman in the race; and New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, the son of a Mexican mother. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, a Mormon, and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, an Italian American, are seeking the Republican Party’s nomination.
Earlier this month, a series of phone calls made under the guise of a public opinion survey in New Hampshire featured several questions on Romney, including the assertion that Mormons believe that the Book of Mormon is "superior" to the Bible. Mark Salter, a senior aide to Arizona senator and Republican presidential candidate John McCain, denounced the practice, saying, "Whoever did this wanted to hurt us by implication."
Polling Data
Do you think the voters of this country are ready to elect a qualified (...) as president, or don’t you think so?
Italian American: Are ready - 75% | Don’t think so - 16% | Unsure - 9%
Woman: Are ready - 69% | Don’t think so - 24% | Unsure - 7%
African American: Are ready - 63% | Don’t think so - 27% | Unsure - 10%
Hispanic: Are ready - 46% | Don’t think so - 46% | Unsure - 8%
Mormon: Are ready - 38% | Don’t think so - 50% | Unsure - 12%
Source: Hart/McInturff / The Wall Street Journal / NBC News
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,509 American adults, conducted from Nov. 1 to Nov. 5, 2007. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent. |
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