Interviews with 1,001 adult Americans conducted by telephone by ORC
International on February 24 - 27, 2016. The margin of sampling error for
results based on the total sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
The sample also includes 920 interviews among registered voters (plus or
minus 3 percentage points).
This sample includes 600 interviews among landline respondents and 401
interviews among cell phone respondents.

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE:
Friday, March 4 at 4:00 p.m.

 BASED ON 910 REGISTERED VOTERS AND 10 INDIVIDUALS WHO PLAN TO REGISTER TO
VOTE, FOR A TOTAL OF 920 REGISTERED VOTERS -- (SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 3% PTS.)
34.

Do you think America is ready for a woman president or not?
Feb. 24-27
2016
Yes
No
No opinion

34.
35.

80%
19%
1%

June 26-29 Mar. 26-Apr. 2 Jan. 14-17
2008
2008
2008
67%
32%
1%

76%
22%
3%

65%
34%
1%

Dec. 5-7
2006
60%
37%
4%

Do you think America is ready for a woman president or not?
(IF YES) How important is it to you personally that the U.S. elects a woman president during your
lifetime?
Feb. 24-27
2016
Extremely important that a women is elected president
Very important that a women is elected president
Not too important that a women is elected president
Not at all important that a women is elected president
America not ready for a woman president (Question 34)
No opinion

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12%
19%
28%
22%
19%
1%

February 24-27, 2016

 METHODOLOGY
A total of 1,001 adults were interviewed by telephone nationwide by live interviewers calling both landline and cell phones.
Among the entire sample, 32% described themselves as Democrats, 29% described themselves as Republicans, and 39% described
themselves as independents or members of another party.
All respondents were asked questions concerning basic demographics, and the entire sample was weighted to reflect national
Census figures for gender, race, age, education, region of country, and telephone usage.
Crosstabs on the following pages only include results for subgroups with enough unweighted cases to produce a sampling error of
+/- 8.5 percentage points or less. Some subgroups represent too small a share of the national population to produce crosstabs with
an acceptable sampling error. Interviews were conducted among these subgroups, but results for groups with a sampling error
larger than +/-8.5 percentage points are not displayed and instead are denoted with "NA".

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February 24-27, 2016

 CNN/ORC International Poll -- February 24 to 27, 2016
Question 34
Do you think America is ready for a woman president or not?
Base = Registered Voters

Yes
No
No opinion
Sampling Error

Total
Men
Women
White
----------------80%
83%
76%
78%
19%
15%
24%
21%
1%
1%
*
1%
+/-3.0 +/-4.5 +/-4.5 +/-3.5

Yes
No
No opinion
Sampling Error

Total
----80%
19%
1%
+/-3.0

Yes
No
No opinion
Sampling Error

Under
Total
$50K
--------80%
77%
19%
22%
1%
1%
+/-3.0 +/-5.5

Yes
No
No opinion
Sampling Error

Total
----80%
19%
1%
+/-3.0

Democrat
----90%
10%
*
+/-6.0

Yes
No
No opinion
Sampling Error

Total
----80%
19%
1%
+/-3.0

North
east
----82%
18%
*
+/-7.0

Midwest
----76%
24%
*
+/-7.0

South
----80%
19%
*
+/-5.5

Yes
No
No opinion
Sampling Error

Total
----80%
19%
1%
+/-3.0

Tea Pty
Support
------70%
29%
2%
+/-7.5

Tea Pty
Neutral
------78%
21%
1%
+/-5.0

Tea Pty White
All
Oppose Evang. Others
------- ----- -----89%
72%
82%
11%
26%
17%
*
1%
1%
+/-5.5 +/-6.5 +/-3.5

1834
----N/A
N/A
N/A

3549
----83%
15%
2%
+/-8.5
$50K
or more
------84%
16%
*
+/-4.5

Non-White
--------84%
16%
*
+/-7.0

5064
----78%
22%
*
+/-5.5

65+
----75%
24%
1%
+/-5.0

College
Grad
------88%
12%
1%
+/-5.0

Independent
-----80%
19%
1%
+/-5.5

Republican
-----68%
31%
1%
+/-5.5

Under
55
----82%
17%
1%
+/-5.5

55 and
Older
-----76%
23%
1%
+/-4.0

Non
College
Grad
-------76%
23%
1%
+/-4.5

Lean
Democrat
-----89%
11%
*
+/-5.0

Liberal
----83%
17%
*
+/-6.5

Moderate
----87%
13%
*
+/-5.5

West
----81%
17%
2%
+/-7.0

Urban
----85%
14%
1%
+/-6.0

Lean
Republican
-----70%
29%
1%
+/-5.0
Conservative
------70%
27%
2%
+/-5.0

Suburban
----81%
19%
*
+/-4.5

Rural
----72%
26%
1%
+/-7.0

* percentage less than 1%

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February 24-27, 2016

 CNN/ORC International Poll -- February 24 to 27, 2016
Question 34/35
Q34. Do you think America is ready for a woman President or not?
Q35. How important is it to you personally that the U.S. elects a woman President during your lifetime?
Base = Registered Voters
Total
Men
Women
White
----------------Extremely important
12%
8%
15%
10%
Very important
19%
17%
20%
14%
Not too important
28%
30%
26%
30%
Not at all important
22%
29%
15%
24%
Not ready for woman president
19%
15%
24%
21%
No opinion
1%
2%
*
1%
Sampling Error
+/-3.0 +/-4.5 +/-4.5 +/-3.5
Total
----Extremely important
12%
Very important
19%
Not too important
28%
Not at all important
22%
Not ready for woman president
19%
No opinion
1%
Sampling Error
+/-3.0

1834
----N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Under
Total
$50K
--------Extremely important
12%
15%
Very important
19%
16%
Not too important
28%
29%
Not at all important
22%
17%
Not ready for woman president
19%
22%
No opinion
1%
1%
Sampling Error
+/-3.0 +/-5.5

3549
----14%
22%
21%
25%
15%
2%
+/-8.5
$50K
or more
------9%
22%
28%
25%
16%
*
+/-4.5

Non-White
--------16%
27%
23%
18%
16%
*
+/-7.0

5064
----11%
14%
32%
21%
22%
*
+/-5.5

65+
----11%
19%
23%
22%
24%
1%
+/-5.0

College
Grad
------11%
19%
29%
28%
12%
1%
+/-5.0

Independent
-----9%
14%
27%
29%
19%
1%
+/-5.5

Republican
-----5%
8%
31%
25%
31%
1%
+/-5.5

Under
55
----12%
20%
27%
23%
17%
1%
+/-5.5

55 and
Older
-----12%
16%
29%
19%
23%
1%
+/-4.0

Non
College
Grad
-------12%
18%
27%
19%
23%
1%
+/-4.5

Lean
Democrat
-----20%
30%
26%
14%
11%
*
+/-5.0

Liberal
----20%
30%
19%
13%
17%
*
+/-6.5

Moderate
----11%
17%
34%
24%
13%
*
+/-5.5

Total
----Extremely important
12%
Very important
19%
Not too important
28%
Not at all important
22%
Not ready for woman president
19%
No opinion
1%
Sampling Error
+/-3.0

Democrat
----21%
33%
26%
11%
10%
*
+/-6.0

Total
----Extremely important
12%
Very important
19%
Not too important
28%
Not at all important
22%
Not ready for woman president
19%
No opinion
1%
Sampling Error
+/-3.0

North
east
----13%
22%
27%
19%
18%
*
+/-7.0

Midwest
----13%
17%
28%
18%
24%
*
+/-7.0

South
----10%
16%
29%
26%
19%
1%
+/-5.5

Total
----Extremely important
12%
Very important
19%
Not too important
28%
Not at all important
22%
Not ready for woman president
19%
No opinion
1%
Sampling Error
+/-3.0

Tea Pty
Support
------2%
7%
30%
31%
29%
2%
+/-7.5

Tea Pty
Neutral
------11%
15%
29%
23%
21%
1%
+/-5.0

Tea Pty White
All
Oppose Evang. Others
------- ----- -----18%
7%
13%
31%
6%
22%
26%
33%
26%
15%
26%
20%
11%
26%
17%
*
1%
1%
+/-5.5 +/-6.5 +/-3.5

West
----12%
21%
26%
21%
17%
2%
+/-7.0

Urban
----14%
24%
24%
23%
14%
1%
+/-6.0

Lean
Republican
-----4%
8%
30%
28%
29%
1%
+/-5.0
Conservative
------6%
11%
28%
26%
27%
2%
+/-5.0

Suburban
----11%
18%
31%
21%
19%
*
+/-4.5

Rural
----11%
12%
29%
20%
26%
1%
+/-7.0

* percentage less than 1%

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February 24-27, 2016