PBS Democratic Debate: Live Coverage

Having either a woman president or a Jewish president would be a first for the United States — but fortunately, these characteristics may no longer be as much of a barrier to being elected. According to a 2012 Gallup poll, only 5 percent of Americans said they wouldn’t vote for an otherwise well-qualified female presidential candidate, while 6 percent said that about a Jewish one.

Sanders said earlier that a Sanders presidency would be historic, too. This isn’t mainly what he meant, but he’d be the first Jewish president, and the first with a home state (but not birth state) of Vermont.