There's a slight tendency for Democrats to favor a political career for their kids. Poll: Keep our kids out of politics

Doctor, lawyer, accountant … but not politician for Junior.

A new Gallup poll on Friday shows that 64 percent of Americans do not want their child to go into politics as a career, versus 31 percent who do.


Nonwhites are much more likely than whites to say they would like to see their son or daughter go into politics, the survey found. There also exists a slight tendency for Democrats to favor a political career for their sons and daughters more than Republicans do, with a larger party difference for daughters.

Gallup said there has been little change in the percentage of parents who would favor a political career for their kids over the past two decades. The high point for wanting a child to choose the career was 1965, when 36 percent of those surveyed said they wanted their kids to go into politics.

The poll was conducted by telephone June 20-24 with a random sample of 2,048 adults and a margin of sampling error of plus or minus percentage points.