Poll Shows Large Portion Of U.S. Voters Think âBeing Blackâ Is Now Required Of Presidential Candidates
Â In a recent CNN Poll of likely voters, 49% said that they believed being black was now required to be President. The same poll also showed 37% believed the new requirement was to alternate between black and white Presidents. The last 14% believed that the next President has to be a woman.âWell, that just shows how stupid polls are,â said Dennis Wallace, a 22-year-old registered Democrat. âAll you ever hear is how inaccurateÂ polls are, and I guess itâs true. I mean, how many whatevers does it take to screw in a light bulb, and that one about them having a screen door on their submarine â polls are stupid. Everyone knows the rule to electing a president is now black man, white woman, black woman, and then white man.â23-year-oldÂ Regina Banks, who registered as an Independent said, âDoesnât congress pick the President? I mean isnât thatâs why we elect them, to represent us? Or is that something to do with the election college, orâ¦wait. No, we vote, and congress sends people to the election college to pick the president. Right?âÂ âI wish the people were right. Personally, I wouldnât mind seeing more black Presidents,â said Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). âI always thought Denzel Washington would make a good President. He lives in my district, and if there was any chance we could get him to run, I would gladly write a bill requiring all Presidents to be black. You know if that happened, then the republicans would make a fuss and start waving the constitution around like a bunch of children.ââItâs weird that just because we have a black president that people think they all have to be black from now on,â said Senator Ted Cruz, who has been considering a run for president in 2016. âI donât want people toÂ notÂ vote for me if I run just because Iâm not black, and they think I canât win. No one thought that it was required of the presidentÂ to be a fat jazz enthusiast after Clinton took office, so why would they have to be black because of Obama?âÂ