(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Hillary Rodham Clinton remains ahead in the national race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in the United States, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. 45 per cent of respondents would back the New York senator in a 2008 primary.

Illinois senator Barack Obama is second with 24 per cent, followed by former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 12 per cent. Support is lower for Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, Delaware senator Joe Biden, and Connecticut senator Chris Dodd.

Yesterday, Obama discussed the situation in Iran, saying, "There is the potential at least for us finding ways of peacefully resolving some of our conflicts, and that effort has not been attempted. And if we don’t make that attempt, then we’re going to find ourselves continuing on the path that Bush and Cheney have set, and we’re seeing the rhetoric rise every day. It has consequences not only for our strategic interests, it has consequences for our troops in Iraq and it has consequences for our economy."

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

I’m going to read you the names of some possible Democratic presidential candidates. Who would you most like to see nominated as the Democratic Party’s candidate for president in 2008?

Source: Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 837 registered Democrats or Democratic leaners, conducted from Oct. 17 to Oct. 23, 2007. Margin of error is 4 per cent.

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