(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many Democratic Party supporters in the United States choose Hillary Rodham Clinton as their presidential nominee in 2008, according to a poll by Opinion Dynamics released by Fox News. 36 per cent of respondents would support the New York senator in a 2008 primary.

Illinois senator Barack Obama is second with 18 per cent, followed by former U.S. vice-president Al Gore with 14 per cent, and former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 13 per cent. Support is lower for New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich, and Delaware senator Joe Biden.

On Mar. 30, Obama criticized the current administration's decision to fire eight federal prosecutors, saying, "I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution. I believe in an attorney general who is actually the people's lawyer, not the president's lawyer."

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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