(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - More Democratic Party supporters in the United States want Hillary Rodham Clinton as their presidential nominee next year, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 46 per cent of respondents would vote for the New York senator in a 2008 primary.

Illinois senator Barack Obama is second with 23 per cent, followed by former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 11 per cent. Support is lower for New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich, Delaware senator Joe Biden, Connecticut senator Chris Dodd, and former Alaska senator Mike Gravel.

On Oct. 12, Biden and Kansas senator Sam Brownback—who is seeking the Republican Party’s presidential nomination—held a joint event to discuss the war in Iraq. Biden declared: "There are thousands of people dead, carnage is reigning, a civil war is there. The idea that Iraqis will spontaneously put this together is not realistic."

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. 8 to Oct. 14, 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

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