(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 Bloomberg and the Los Angeles Times. 48 per cent of respondents would vote for the New York senator in a 2008 primary.

Illinois senator Barack Obama is second with 17 per cent, followed by former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 13 per cent. Support is lower for Delaware senator Joe Biden, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, and Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich.

Yesterday, Edwards presented his corporate responsibility proposals and vowed to help middle-class workers, saying, "The statistics say our economy is growing, but the truth is, it’s only growing at the top. Instead of protecting the compact of equal opportunity and shared prosperity, Washington protects corporate profits and hoards prosperity."

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 Democratic primary or caucus for president were being held in your state today and the candidates were (the following), for whom would you vote?

Source: Bloomberg / Los Angeles Times
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 469 Democratic primary voters, conducted from Oct. 19 to Oct. 22, 2007. Margin of error is 5 per cent.

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