(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many Democratic Party supporters in the United States express a preference for Hillary Rodham Clinton as their presidential candidate in 2008, according to a poll by RT Strategies for the Cook Political Report. 41 per cent of respondents would support the New York senator in a 2008 primary.

Former North Carolina senator John Edwards is second with 19 per cent, followed by Illinois senator Barack Obama with 17 per cent, Delaware senator Joe Biden with four per cent, and New Mexico governor Bill Richardson with three per cent.

Yesterday, Edwards vowed to put an end to predatory lending—the practice of providing financial assistance to low-income borrowers with high-interest loans—saying, "Predatory lenders come along when people are most vulnerable and whatever they've got, they strip it away."

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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I am going to read a list of people who might seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, and I will read the list twice. I would like you to tell me who would be your first choice for the nomination.

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