progressive85
Junior Chimp
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« on: December 20, 2023, 02:17:39 PM » |
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Jew - 2000, a plurality of Americans voted for a Jewish vice president this year.
Muslim - 2050s, I can see this happening more with a charismatic black candidate that was Muslim but not very religious.
Unaligned theist (*) - 2030s, it would be a Democratic candidate who doesn't have a denomination but believes in God, Heaven, prayer, etc.
Woman - 2028.
Bisexual - 2070s, I actually think a gay person would get elected before a bisexual one.
Homosexual - 2050s for a woman, 2060s for a man. It would actually not be that hard to imagine a popular and likable lesbian candidate becoming POTUS.
Trans - Not in this century, although I do predict that gradually we'll see a disproportionate number of trans people run for office and actually do very well at the statewide level. Maybe for every 100 trans people, 30% or more are either somewhat or very involved in electoral politics by the 2050s. When you're under attack, you gotta fight back.
Atheist - 2060s, but they'd have to not say anything that would be criticized as anti-religious. A simple "I'm not religious, more so spiritual" would be enough. For someone that said "I don't believe in God" that would be around 2100.
Has many visible tattoos - In a country where that's common among everyday people, it won't even be something to talk about, so 2028. Besides, they'd be covered up mostly all the time.
Emo fan - lol. 2024... a personal like of a certain kind of music is not enough to cancel them out as a POTUS. We'll probably have POTUSes who are really into heavy metal once we get into Gen X and the millennials.
Many of these automatically become more likely if the person is a celebrity first. They don't even need to have political experience. A popular enough celebrity (whether its acting or music or sports, etc.) can bypass the political process and run with wider instant name recognition.
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