(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Hillary Rodham Clinton remains the frontrunner in the national race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in the United States, according to a poll by Knowledge Networks released by the Associated Press and Yahoo. 47 per cent of respondents would vote for the New York senator in a 2008 primary.

Illinois senator Barack Obama is second with 25 per cent, followed by former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 13 per cent. Support is lower for New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich, Delaware senator Joe Biden, and Connecticut senator Chris Dodd.

Yesterday, Dodd called on Iowa voters to take his experience into account, saying, "In years past, many would have said, ‘Well, (26 years in Congress) disqualifies you.’ But after six years of George Bush, of incompetence, we don’t need on-the-job training in the White House."

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

If the 2008 Democratic presidential primary or caucuses in your state were being held today and these were the candidates, for whom would you vote?

Source: Knowledge Networks / Associated Press / Yahoo
Methodology: Online interviews with 847 Democrats and Democratic leaners, conducted from Dec. 14 to Dec. 20, 2007. Margin of error is 3.4 per cent.

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