From Yahoo!News this past Monday:

Seventy-nine percent (79%) of American voters say they're willing to vote for an African-American presidential candidate. However, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 55% believe their family, friends, and co-workers are willing to do the same.

...Seventy-eight percent (78%) say they'd vote for a woman but just 51% said their peer group would do the same.

These questions assume a special relevance in Election 2008 as the top two candidates for the Democratic Presidential nomination are Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama ...Clinton has consistently led the competition, but Obama is viewed more favorably by American voters.

As with the question about women, younger Americans are more likely to vote for an African-American President than their elders. While 73% of voters under 30 say that their family, friends, and co-workers would vote for an African-American, just 35% of those over 65 say the same.

Eighty-two percent (82%) of American voters believe it is at least somewhat likely that an African-Americans will be elected president in the next 25 years. For women, that figure is 79%.

Thirty-nine percent (39%) believe a woman will be elected President before an African-American. Thirty-eight percent (38%) take the opposite view, while 23% are not sure.

Seventy-one percent (71%) of African-American voters say their family, friends, and co-workers would vote for an African-American President. Just 51% of White Americans say the same.