(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Hillary Rodham Clinton remains the most popular presidential hopeful for Democratic Party supporters in the United States, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 44 per cent of respondents would vote for the New York senator in a 2008 primary.

Illinois senator Barack Obama is second with 20 per cent, followed by former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 14 per cent. Support is lower for New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich, Delaware senator Joe Biden, and Connecticut senator Chris Dodd.

On Oct. 24, Biden discussed his bid, saying, "The bottom line is that no one in the country knows me. They know Joe Biden if they watch Sunday morning shows. Or occasionally turn on C-SPAN. But absent that, they don’t know much about me at all. If I were able to raise 50, 60, 70 million dollars, then things would be different."

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 1,300 likely Democratic primary voters, conducted from Oct. 22 to Oct. 28, 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

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