(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Hillary Rodham Clinton is the most popular presidential hopeful for Democratic Party supporters in the United States, according to a poll by YouGov/Polimetrix published in The Economist. 45 per cent of respondents would back the New York senator in a 2008 primary.

Illinois senator Barack Obama is second with 21 per cent, followed by former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 16 per cent. Support is lower for New Mexico governor Bill Richardson and Delaware senator Joe Biden.

On Nov. 1, former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca endorsed Richardson, saying, "Unlike others on the stump, he’s offering bold plans, not just pandering talk. I like his jobs plan, his health care and energy plan, education plan and his plan to get us out of Iraq. I also just plain like the guy."

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

Who do you intend to vote for?
(Likely Democratic Primary Voters)

Source: YouGov/Polimetrix / The Economist
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,500 American adults, conducted from Oct. 22 to Oct. 30, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

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