(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many Democratic Party supporters in the United States want Hillary Rodham Clinton as their presidential nominee next year, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 39 per cent of respondents would back the New York senator in a 2008 primary.

Illinois senator Barack Obama is second with 25 per cent, followed by former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 14 per cent. Support is lower for New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, Delaware senator Joe Biden, and Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich.

On Sept. 23, Kucinich discussed his foreign policy views, saying, "What we’re offering is a whole new vision for America. Not peace through strength, but strength through peace. (...) If we believe war is inevitable, then war is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we believe in peace, it can happen."

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.

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Democratic Presidential Primary Contenders

Source: Rasmussen Reports
Methodology: Telephone interviews with approximately 1,000 likely Democratic primary voters, conducted from Sept. 17 to Sept. 23, 2007. Margin of error is 4 per cent.

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