Board 8 > In what order will people with these characteristics be elected President?

(+) Yeah! (+)

Female
Gay
Atheist
Muslim
Asian
Mexican
Single (not married)
Married without a family


in years
that last one may or may not have already happened.

--
Menji+ What Will Never Be the Greatest.
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8184/ffxiii.gif

The second and third have probably happened already.

The 4th is happening.

>_>

--
http://img.imgcake.com/Icon/Punkjpguh.jpg

Trying to rank something like this is an exercise in futility imo, but I expect Female, Mexican, Single, and Married Without Family to have the easiest go of things within our lifetimes. I think a Gay, Atheist, or Muslim candidate will have more of his work cut out for him. As for Asians, are there even any national-level Asian politicians outside of Hawaii?

--
Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg
Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!

Soon(ish) given the right candidate:
Female
Married without a family

Likely to happen eventually:
Asian
Mexican
Single (not married)
Gay

Call me in 100 years:
Atheist
Muslim

--
Please don't go. The Drones need you.
Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded.

From: Xuxon | #003
The second and third have probably happened already.

They have to be open about it!

--
Menji+ What Will Never Be the Greatest.
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8184/ffxiii.gif

PartOfYourWorld posted...
As for Asians, are there even any national-level Asian politicians outside of Hawaii?

Old Governor of Washington State, who's now the Ambassador to China.

--
GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC

James Buchanan was a 'lifelong bachelor'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan

--
What!? It was obvious! He's the red spy. He'll turn red any second now. ... any second now. See! Red!

Menji76 posted...
Female- gonna happen soon maybe 4 years
Gay- a little further off, though rumor abound that James Buchanan was gay
Atheist- Thomas Jefferson
Muslim- maybe never I dont see religion remaining important and americans not wanting someone vaguely christian
Asian- within 28 years
Mexican- could happen soon, 4 years
Single (not married)- we've had two of these- cleveland and Buchanan
Married without a family- Cleveland got married in office and had no children


in years
that last one may or may not have already happened.

--
http://img.imgcake.com/nio/81edpngej.png

Married without a family

George Washington only had stepchildren.

--
SubDeity wants to vote for Calvin Coolidge. [Evil Republican]
Play Der Langrisser.

We've already had single and married without family. We've arguably had an atheist President in Thomas Jefferson. While he definitely wasn't one for organized Christianity, as far as I know he never came out and said "I am an atheist" or "I do not believe in any sort of deity" so I don't know that we can say FOR SURE that he was.

Female, Asian, and Mexican I believe could happen at basically any time. I don't think being any of these things would hold back an electable candidate. Female and Asian are just non-issues as far as I can see. Mexican might affect some opinions but not really; party alignment would trump heritage among those who would feel negatively about it (they'd vote for a Mexican Republican despite their heritage, and they wouldn't vote for a Democrat whether they were Mexican or not).

Openly gay President won't happen until we have gay marriage nationwide. Once it does happen, I'd say we could see an openly gay President within 20-30 years. I do think an openly gay Republican would have an easier time getting elected, simply because I don't think you can get a Democratic base fired up to vote against a gay candidate the way you can a Republican base.

Muslim I think will happen within 70 years. This group probably has the biggest year-to-year improvement in chances, but a future terrorist attack would be a huge setback.

Atheist I honestly can't put a timeframe on. I just don't see it ever happening without some big change in American culture that I'm not sure is coming. Atheism has lower acceptance than just about anything else.

--
[NO BARKLEY NO PEACE]

Female
Probably the closest one on the list. Not going to happen this time, but maybe the next one.

Gay
20 years or so. Maybe sooner depending, but you'll likely need at least a generation turn.

Atheist
Not going to happen.

Muslim
Extremely unlikely to happen soon.

Asian
Mexican
Could happen at any time. I'm not sure how many Asians are actually active though in politics.

The others have been done already.

--
Chrono1219

Menji76 posted...
Asian
Mexican

You know, I don't think people even talk about these two demographics all that often. Last one I can recall being in the news was Sotomayor. Isn't that, kinda, well... racist?

--
There never was a post. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and refracted the light from Venus.

We've arguably had an atheist President in Thomas Jefferson. While he definitely wasn't one for organized Christianity, as far as I know he never came out and said "I am an atheist" or "I do not believe in any sort of deity" so I don't know that we can say FOR SURE that he was.

There is no evidence whatsoever that Jefferson was an atheist.

As for the rest...I think a lot of you are overstating the likelihood of a lot of these happening. Even if gays were 100% accepted and had an equal chance of being elected relative to everybody else, it'd still take ages for a gay president to be elected simply because gays are a small minority.

--
SubDeity wants to vote for Calvin Coolidge. [Evil Republican]
Play Der Langrisser.

Well, in general I think most of us are trying to point to the earliest reasonable date.

--
Chrono1219

Female - Megawati
Gay - In 500 years or so
Atheist - Never
Muslim - >_>
Asian - >____>
Mexican - Never
Single (not married) - Maybe in 20 years
Married without a family - Very possible

--
Oh, I am one yet many.

Gr8CyberMonkey posted...
Soon(ish) given the right candidate:
Female
Married without a family

Likely to happen eventually:
Asian
Mexican
Single (not married)
Gay

Call me in 100 years:
Atheist
Muslim

This seems most accurate.

--
Brawl is like ZSS' breasts. Well rounded for casual players.
http://i52.tinypic.com/2llhfrc.jpg

Female - it will happen eventually, herstory will demand it, and womyn everywhere will then realize not a damn thing will change.
Gay - maybe a bit further from happening than a female. maybe both at the same time. *insert lesbian joke here*
Atheist - god would never allow it
Muslim - God would never allow it
Asian - Depends on how China feels in the next few decades or how subversive Japan is. Now all I can think about is that game where a japanese girl wakes up and is president.
Mexican - Maybe if the US starts annexing the lower parts of north america. On a tangential note, no canadian option? That's mighty..countryist? of you! Executive order: all milk is to be bagged!
Single (not married) - 2096: after the war people get less picky
Married without a family - 2100 : luckily the only other survivor was a woman

--
There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out

NioraptH posted...
Is this USA only? Please specify. Because only Americans browse this board right?

yes and yes!

Also, I will definitely vote for a single gay atheist half-Mexican half-Asian Muslim woman if she ever runs.

--
Connecticut Huskies

We had a black president a mere 50 years after all that apartheid stuff went down.

Shouldn't take much longer than that!

pjbasis posted...
We had a black president a mere 50 years after all that apartheid stuff went down.

Shouldn't take much longer than that!

Are you calling the situation that existed in the US Apartheid?

--
Connecticut Huskies

I don't listen to hip hop!