Live Poll: First Hispanic American President

FYC

You should stick to the constitutional requirements, rather than setting your own (American, min. age 42) for clarity. Even for entertainment purposes, it will eliminate Hispanics who would get support, but wouldn't qualify (naturalized Americans). Spelling them out might be helpful as 70% of IMDb users are from outside the USA and even most Americans don't know all of them. Also, changing the question to "would you support" focuses more on the hypothetical and favorite/best qualified aspect without getting into whether they are actually the best candidates. You are simply asking which is the best of this group with a shared heritage?

Which Hispanic actor/actress* would you support to be the President of the United States? * Hispanic heritage, 35 years of age or older at time of inaugration, a natural born American citizen and resided in USA at least 14 years

You should remove Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Andy Garcia and Ana Alicia from the list. All are ineligible to be the president of the USA, as they are not natural born American citizens.

Possible Candidates: TOP 100 HISPANIC ACTORS [assuming 25% minimum Hispanic (ie. one grandparent), 35 years of age or older, a natural born American citizen and resided in USA at least 14 years.]

Martin Sheen aka Ramón Antonio Gerard Estevez
Cameron Diaz
Michael Peña
Louis C.K. aka Louis Szekely
Jessica Alba
Zoe Saldana
Alexis Bledel
Rosario Dawson
Jay Hernandez
Wilmer Valderrama
Eva Longoria
Robert Rodriguez
Hector Elizondo
Michelle Rodriguez
Hulk Hogan aka Terry Eugene Bollea
Raquel Welch aka Jo Raquel Tejada

America Ferrera (eligible to run for 2020 election)
Aubrey Plaza (eligible to run for 2020 election)

There may be a pretty good chance that the next president is Hispanic, but a Hispanic actor being the next is extremely remote.

This article is interesting:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/25/latino-philanthropists-_n_3989013.html

Out of everyone listed, the only people eligible are Rosario Dawson, George Lopez, Eva Longoria, Mark Anthony, Jennifer Lopez and Rico Rodriguez, and NONE of them have anywhere near the stature to even run.

it has been previously said, but obvious that they have to be american born....(thank god...otherwise we might have president schwarzenegger...)

but...to pull one off of your list, i would take cheech marin for vice president, with one from urbane's list, martin sheen, as president...

now that's a ticket i would vote for...

Jennifer Lopez.

Mmm, I think there's a little mix-up here. If you refer to Hispanic culture (or background), that's fine, but since you mention "white caucasian males" in your intro, as the usual trend, then we shouldn't have actors or actresses who look like they could be born in Stockholm. Cameron Diaz is as Hispanic as Jennifer Lopez, I have no doubt about that, but she's also white and caucasian.

The problem, as I see it, is in your intro. Your poll is supposed to highlight the contribution of Hispanic culture, and people of Hispanic (or Latin) background, but this has nothing to do with ethnicity, because 'Latin' people have mixed origins (African, European, Indian etc.), so it has nothing to do with the 'skin factor', so there's no need to mention the fact that the former Presidents were white, unless you meant white-anglo-saxon-Protestant.

If you replace white by WASP and mention Kennedy and Obama as the exception, the question will work just fine.

Either Jimmy Smiths or Martin Sheen, just because they were both great presidents in The West Wing so I can easily picture them on the job.

Rosario Dawson, and Zoe Saldana for VP!

The list is complete now.

My vote goes to: Martin Sheen

Bump.

President Hector Elizondo!

Martin Sheen is kind of the obvious choice for several reasons but there are a few others who I would consider at least as much, such  as Eva Longoria, who is really smart, interested and involved in socio-political issues, even-keeled with a measured temperament, and very knowledgeable about several issues. She has the added benefit of being woman, and it's long past time that this country has a woman President. So my vote goes to Eva Longoria. :)