Issue Watch
Track global public opinion on current issues.
- 2008: Race for the White House
- 2008: The U.S. Electoral College
- Abortion
- Africa
- Angela Merkel
- Death Penalty
- Economy and Globalization
- Environment
- European Union
- George W. Bush
- Global Warming
- Gordon Brown
- Hamas
- Immigration
- Iran
- Iraq War
- Kevin Rudd
- Latin America
- New Zealand Election 2008
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- North Korea
- Oil and Gas
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Silvio Berlusconi
- Stem Cell Research
- Stephen Harper
- Terrorism
- U.S. Election 2008 - The Democrats
- U.S. Election 2008 - The Republicans
- U.S. Election 2008: The Primaries
- Vladimir Putin
- Yasuo Fukuda
Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research
Democrats 2008: Hillary at 39%, Obama 24%
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Fewer Democratic Party supporters in the United States think Hillary Rodham Clinton should become their presidential nominee in 2008, according to a poll by Gallup released by USA Today. 39 per cent of respondents back the New York senator, down nine points in a month.
Illinois senator Barack Obama is second with 24 per cent, followed by former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 15 per cent. Support is lower for Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, Delaware senator Joe Biden, and Connecticut senator Chris Dodd.
On Dec. 4, Edwards discussed his views on foreign policy, saying, "Do we believe in an America that is bullying and selfish and trying to impose its will and trying to expand its power around the world? That is not the America that I grew up in. I grew up in an America where we were the light. We were the country where everyone in the world wanted to be like."
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
Next, I’m going to read a list of people who may be running in the Republican primary for president in the next election. After I read all the names, please tell me which of those candidates you would be most likely to support for the Democratic nomination for president in the year 2008, or if you would support someone else.
|
Dec. 2 |
Nov. 14 |
Nov. 4 |
|
|
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
39% |
48% |
50% |
|
Barack Obama |
24% |
21% |
22% |
|
John Edwards |
15% |
12% |
15% |
|
Dennis Kucinich |
4% |
4% |
1% |
|
Bill Richardson |
4% |
2% |
4% |
|
Joe Biden |
4% |
2% |
1% |
|
Chris Dodd |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
Mike Gravel |
-- |
1% |
-- |
|
Other |
1% |
-- |
1% |
|
No opinion |
6% |
9% |
5% |
Source: Gallup / USA Today
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 494 Democrats or Democratic leaners, conducted from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 2007. Margin of error is 5 per cent.