Vote As I Say, Not As I Vote? Part 2

Quote of the day:
“Employees at Grand Canyon National Park are not permitted to give an official estimate of the age of the canyon, due to pressure from the Bush administration. Meanwhile, a book claiming that the Grand Canyon was formed by the flood at the time of Noah remains on sale at the park.”
--peer.org, quoted in the January 23rd Christian Century

Newsweek released a new poll at the end of December that asked four questions:

1. Are Americans ready to elect a woman as president?
55% said yes.

2. Are Americans ready to elect an African American as president?
56% said yes.

3. Would you vote for a qualified female presidential candidate?
86% said yes.

4. Would you vote for a qualified African-American candidate?
93% said yes.

I still just don’t get it. I’m missing something.

Here’s the question I posed In my post of last October 15th with the new Newsweek numbers:

If 86% of us say we would vote for a woman candidate for president, why do only 55% of us think Americans are ready to elect a woman?

If 93% of us say we would vote for an African-American candidate, why do only 56% of us think Americans are ready to elect an African American?

Who are the “Americans” who would vote for a woman or an African American but are not “ready” to elect a woman or an African American?

I don’t get it.