(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Hillary Rodham Clinton is holding on to the top spot in the race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in the United States, according to a poll by YouGov/Polimetrix released by The Economist. 42 per cent of respondents would support 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 14 per cent. Support is lower for Delaware senator Joe Biden, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, and former Alaska senator Mike Gravel.

On Nov. 30, Richardson discussed job creation, saying, "If we want to earn votes of hard-working Americans, we have to prove we’ll work hard for them. (...) If we stand for anything (as a party), we stand for jobs."

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 caucus in your state were being held today, for which of the following candidates would you vote?

Source: YouGov/Polimetrix / The Economist
Methodology: Online interviews with 331 likely Democratic primary voters, conducted on Nov. 26 and Nov. 27, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

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