Issue Watch
Track global public opinion on current issues.
- 2008: Race for the White House
- 2008: The U.S. Electoral College
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- Angela Merkel
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- Kevin Rudd
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- New Zealand Election 2008
- Nicolas Sarkozy
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- Same-Sex Marriage
- Silvio Berlusconi
- Stem Cell Research
- Stephen Harper
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- 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 Back Hillary Run In 2008
(Angus Reid Consultants - CPOD Global Scan) - Many Democratic Party supporters would vote for New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in a presidential primary, according to a poll by Gallup released by CNN and USA Today. 40 per cent of respondents say they are most likely to back Rodham Clinton.
Former presidential nominee John Kerry is second with 25 per cent, followed by running mate John Edwards at 17 per cent. Kerry became the frontrunner for the 2004 Democratic nomination after winning 31 of the first 34 caucuses or primaries.
In American elections, candidates require 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the White House. Last November, Republican incumbent George W. Bush earned a second term after securing 286 electoral votes from 31 states. Kerry earned 252 electoral votes from 19 states and the District of Columbia.
Rodham Clinton ruled out a presidential bid in 2004. Neither of the two major political parties in the United States has ever nominated a woman for president. In 1984, New York congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro was Walter Mondale's vice-presidential nominee in the Democratic ticket.
Polling Data
I'm going to read a list of people who may be running in the Democratic 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.
Hillary Rodham Clinton | 40% |
John Kerry | 25% |
John Edwards | 17% |
Other | 6% |
All / Any | 2% |
None | 4% |
No opinion | 6% |
Source: Gallup / CNN / USA Today
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 423 adult Democrats or Democratic leaners in the U.S., conducted from Feb. 4 to Feb. 6, 2005. Margin of error is 5 per cent.