(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many Democratic Party supporters in the United States would like to have Hillary Rodham Clinton as their presidential nominee in 2008, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 33 per cent of respondents would vote for the New York senator in a 2008 primary.

Illinois senator Barack Obama is second with 26 per cent, followed by former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 17 per cent, and New Mexico governor Bill Richardson with four per cent.

On Apr. 3, Obama declared his campaign has raised $25 million U.S. in the first three months of 2007, which puts him close to Rodham Clinton's mark of $26 million U.S. Obama expressed satisfaction in an e-mail to supporters, writing, "We've exceeded all of our hopes and expectations. You've sent an unmistakable message to the political establishment in Washington about the power and seriousness of our challenge."

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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