According to the latest Times/SAY24 poll by YouGov, we have noticed a significant decline in American support for a female president. Since 2015, there has been a decrease of nine percentage points in the number of voters open to electing a woman to the highest office.
The Hill says that this survey was conducted after President Biden dropped out from the race with an intention to determine the electorate’s perception of gender bias and Vice President Harris’s outlook regarding it.
This poll demonstrates that while 49% have no preference between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris as suitable presidential candidates. 54% are still ready for a female president, down from 63% in 2015.
An earlier poll was conducted around the same time Hillary Clinton announced her run for presidency but before she won her party’s nomination as its first ever major-party woman candidate. A higher readiness for female leadership came out of this earlier survey than did most recent ones on similar topics.
A survey shows that many Americans believe there is inherent bias against women and doubt that. They could be electe if they were running against men with equal qualifications. This is also true within the Democratic Party though. While 77% of Democrats believe America is ready for a woman president, another 37% are afraid that. Americans would not vote another equally qualified woman in office. It is this fear that makes thirty-five percent of Democrats think. Kamala should select a male vice-president compared to six percent who proposed another woman instead.
Out of possible running mates, Michigan Governor Gretchen. Whitmer had the highest favorable rating at 27%, though later endorsed Harris by serving as her campaign co-chairman. Other strong contenders included ex-astronaut Senator Mark Kelly and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro who both got 22%.
There were however concerns about gender bias in presidential voting process. Which were exemplified by margin error rate or margin of error standing at three per cent only during these Tuesday-Wednesday poll. Where the participants were 1,170 register voters in US.
