Indicating a major shift in public opinion from just a generation ago, a poll conducted by Gallup this week found that 74 percent of Americans would be comfortable blaming a female president for the problems facing the nation. According to our latest survey, nearly three quarters of Americans now say theyd be willing to saddle a female president with blame for everything from a stagnant economy to interminable wars in the Middle East, up from barely half of respondents a decade earlier, said lead researcher Jennifer Cervantes, emphasizing that while nine of every 10 voters under the age of 40 said they could see themselves condemning a woman president on nearly any issue, older votersa demographic typically more opposed to vilifying a female commander-in-chief and angrily attributing Americas declining global influence and ballooning debt to her incompetencewere now becoming increasingly receptive to the possibility. The change has been striking; for the first time in this nations history, were entering an election year in which a significant majority of voters say they can see themselves denouncing everything a female president does and accusing her of being the single worst thing that has ever happened to the country. In a further sign of Americans evolving views, the study also found that 95 percent of Americans now believe theyll bitterly abhor a female president in their lifetime. 