Would You Vote For A Nontraditional Presidential Candidate?

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I know this article is from last summer, but what do you think? What type of nontraditional Presidential candidate would you vote for if you viewed that person as a good fit to be President?

http://www.businessinsider.com/poll-gay-atheist-muslim-president-2015-6

In the last election a Mormon almost won, but lost to a Black guy with a Muslim sounding name.

All three of the leading candidates in this election were rather "nontraditional" in important ways: a woman, Jewish guy, and a guy with no government nor military experience.

I'd vote for the most non-traditional kind of president possible: a constitutionalist.

I'll go with President Benson :



I wonder if he could get elected as President in the US, though... After all, it's difficult to consider him a "natural-born citizen" when most of his natural parts have been replaced...

Would I vote for a nonconventional candidate? If I regard a candidate to be decent, qualified, and find their policy positions largely agreeable than I will vote for them, whether they are conventional or not. If I consider them the best candidate for the job I would vote for them whether they are strait, gay, bi, asexual, cis gender, transgender, Christian, Mormon, muslim, jewish, atheist, pastafarian, nuerotypical, autistic, etc...

I want a strict Constitutionalist... tempered by a real love for and understanding of America.. the whole animal, not just the favorite parts.

after that fiscally conservative.

Other criteria are not as important

Actual candidate?... they could be a dog but if they could type their opinions and offer real solutions? I'd vote.

Oh that Poll? If they identify first as anything else before American. I don't want them. Hopefully a citizen.
I don't care about their biography talking points (rich/poor , smooth/rough. educated/uneducated (Though I hope they can point europe on a map "what about Poland?" sexual orientation I frikin don't want to know unless it is criminal, race, creed, )
I also do not want an Islamist (political muslim) or attorney. We have a Law branch already. President is supposed to come from the people of which Attys make up most our govt instead of simple Legislators and Judges.

If the candidate's only consideration for the presidency is being "non-traditional" in some way, then I would cast my vote for another candidate.

Its a inane question.

Because no one is going to respond to it by publicly saying "why YES! I am bigoted jerk, and I would never vote for any member of these following groups...., but I would consider voting for an exceptionally qualified member of these detestable groups:....."

Even if you are reluctant to vote for Black lesbian women Muslims (even if they belong to the NRA) you're not gonna to state that in public.

As the incumbents remaining are all real characters, the most boring candidates are now third-party. There is no traditional choice, of which I am aware.

In any case --