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Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research
Democrats 2008: Hillary 40%, Obama at 26%
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Two-in-five Democratic Party supporters in the United States would vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton in a presidential primary, according to a poll by YouGov/Polimetrix released by The Economist. 40 per cent of respondents would back the New York senator in 2008.
Illinois senator Barack Obama is second with 26 per cent, followed by former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 16 per cent. Support is lower for Delaware senator Joe Biden, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, and Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich.
On Dec. 7, actor Sean Penn endorsed Kucinich, saying, "Our cowardly Democratically dominated House and Senate can barely find one voice willing to propose so much as an impeachment. That one voice of a true American. That one voice of congressman Dennis Kucinich. (...) (His) candidacy is backed by a voting record of moral courage and a history of service to our country that has fully earned our support and our gratitude."
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
If the 2008 Democratic presidential primary or caucus in your state were being held today, for which of the following candidates would you vote?
|
Dec. 4 |
Nov. 27 |
Nov. 20 |
|
|
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
40% |
42% |
47% |
|
Barack Obama |
26% |
25% |
18% |
|
John Edwards |
16% |
14% |
16% |
|
Joe Biden |
3% |
4% |
4% |
|
Bill Richardson |
3% |
3% |
3% |
|
Dennis Kucinich |
1% |
-- |
2% |
|
Mike Gravel |
-- |
1% |
-- |
|
Chris Dodd |
-- |
-- |
1% |
|
Other |
-- |
1% |
1% |
|
Would not vote |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
None of these |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
Not sure |
7% |
7% |
8% |
Source: YouGov/Polimetrix / The Economist
Methodology: Online interviews with 331 likely Democratic primary voters, conducted on Dec. 3 and Dec. 4, 2007. No margin of error was provided.