Feminist Conference Held in Rehovot Says 70% of Public Would Support a Woman President

Survey: 70% of public would support a woman president

Some 70 percent of the public would support a woman for president, a poll recently conducted by The GeoCartographia Research Institute reveals. The poll was conducted for Women's Parliament - a forum for critical and feminist debates - whose sixth conference was held in Rehovot yesterday.

The survey shows that among women respondents, 71 percent would support a woman president compared to 65 percent of the men surveyed. The support for a woman president was found to be stronger the higher the interviewees' education and income.

The support was weaker among those who described themselves as religious and new immigrants.

Asked which woman they would support for prime minister, the majority - 33.5 percent - preferred Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (Kadima). She was followed by former education minister Limor Livnat (Likud) at 11.2 percent, Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (Kadima) at 9.3 percent and presidential candidate MK Colette Avital (Labor) garnered 4.2 percent.

Some 37 percent said they would not support any of these women for prime minister.

Source: Ruth Sinai. Survey: 70% of public would support a woman president. By Ruth Sinai Haaretz.com (5 June 2007) [FullText]