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Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research
U.S. Democrats Like Hillary as 2008 Nominee
Credit:The White House
Hillary Rodham Clinton
(Angus Reid Global Scan) - Many supporters of the Democratic Party in the United States would back current New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in a presidential primary, according to a poll by Opinion Dynamics released by Fox News. 42 per cent of respondents say they would vote for Rodham Clinton.
Current Massachusetts senator and 2004 presidential nominee John Kerry, and 2004 vice-presidential candidate and former North Carolina senator John Edwards are tied for second with 14 per cent, followed by former U.S. vice-president Al Gore with 11 per cent.
Support is lower for Delaware senator Joseph Biden, retired general Wesley Clark and Virginia governor Mark Warner.
Rodham Clinton—a former first lady—was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000, defeating Republican Rick Lazio by 12 per cent. She ruled out a presidential bid in 2004.
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. 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 were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were:
Sept. 2005 | Jun. 2005 | |
Hillary Rodham Clinton | 42% | 44% |
John Kerry | 14% | 17% |
John Edwards | 14% | 13% |
Al Gore | 11% | -- |
Joseph Biden | 5% | 6% |
Wesley Clark | 1% | 2% |
Mark Warner | 1% | 1% |
Other | 3% | 2% |
Not sure | 8% | 13% |
Would not vote | 2% | 1% |
Source: Opinion Dynamics / Fox News
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 900 registered American voters, conducted on Sept. 27 and Sept. 28, 2005. Margin of error for the sample of registered Democratic voters is 5 per cent.