This statistic depicts American survey respondents answers to a question asked in 1978, 1999 and 2012 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 2012, 54 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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Gallup. (June 21, 2012). 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 May 27, 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. June 21, 2012. Statista. Accessed May 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/234783/discrimination-against-us-presidential-candidates-by-various-attributes/
Gallup. (2012). 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: May 27, 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., 21 Jun 2012, 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 May 27, 2024)
Would you vote for a U.S. presidential candidate who is either a woman, black, jewish, gay, an atheist or Catholic? [Graph], Gallup, June 21, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/234783/discrimination-against-us-presidential-candidates-by-various-attributes/