(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a slight edge in the race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in the United States, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 35 per cent of respondents would vote for the New York senator in a 2008 primary.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a slight edge in the race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in the United States, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 35 per cent of respondents would vote for the New York senator in a 2008 primary.
Illinois senator Barack Obama is a close second with 33 per cent, followed by former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 14 per cent, and New Mexico governor Bill Richardson with three per cent.
Yesterday, New York governor Eliot Spitzer endorsed Clinton, declaring, “We stand here, unified in purpose, unified in cause: to restore these great United States of America to our position in the world, the position of leadership. She is a New Yorker through and through because she has charisma, courage, guts. That is what defines us as a state and a nation.”
In American elections, candidates require 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the White House. In November 2004, Republican George W. Bush earned a second term after securing 286 electoral votes from 31 states. Democratic nominee John Kerry received 252 electoral votes from 19 states and the District of Columbia.
Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The next presidential election is scheduled for November 2008.
Polling Data
Democratic Presidential Primary Contenders
May 10 | May 3 | Apr. 26 | |
Hillary Rodham Clinton | 35% | 34% | 30% |
Barack Obama | 33% | 26% | 32% |
John Edwards | 14% | 16% | 17% |
Bill Richardson | 3% | 3% | 3% |
Source: Rasmussen Reports
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 789 likely Democratic voters, conducted from May 7 to May 10, 2007. Margin of error is 4 per cent.
