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McCain Leads Hillary, Obama Edges Romney
(ARGM) - Republican John McCain holds a seven-point advantage in a United States presidential contest against Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to a poll by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and Public Opinion Strategies for National Public Radio. 48 per cent of respondents would support the Arizona senator, while 41 per cent would vote for the New York senator.
In a contest pitting Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney against Illinois senator Barack Obama, the Democrat holds a 16-point advantage.
Rodham Clinton—a former first lady—has served in the U.S. Senate since 2001. On Nov. 7, she earned a new six-year term in the upper house, defeating former Yonkers mayor John Spencer with 67 per cent of all cast ballots.
In 2000, McCain won seven Republican presidential primaries in the U.S., but retired from the race after eventual nominee George W. Bush became the frontrunner.
On Dec. 19, Rodham Clinton revised her decision to vote in favour of the Iraq war, declaring, "Obviously, if we knew then what we know now, there wouldn't have been a vote, and I certainly wouldn't have voted that way."
In American elections, candidates require 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the White House. In November 2004, 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
Possible match-ups - 2008 U.S. presidential election
John McCain (R) 48% - 41% Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)
Mitt Romney (R) 27% - 43% Barack Obama (D)
Source: Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research / Public Opinion Strategies / National Public Radio
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 800 likely American voters, conducted from Dec. 7 to Dec. 10, 2006. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent.