IndiaDaily - Hillary Clinton, Giuliani expand leads for US presidency: poll

IndiaDaily - Hillary Clinton, Giuliani expand leads for US presidency: poll: "Hillary Clinton, Giuliani expand leads for US presidency: poll Feb. 16, 2007 Senator Hillary Clinton and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani are top runners among Democrats and Republicans respectively for the 2008 American presidential elections, a new poll has said. According to a new Harris poll, Senator Clinton is the clear front runner for the presidency as among all adults, 45 per cent Americans said they would consider voting for her compared to 37 percent for Barack Obama and 29 percent for Giuliani. But Clinton, whose chances analysts say could be marred by her stand in Iraq war, has a solid support with 74 per cent Democrats saying that they could consider voting for her and 36 per cent picking her as their candidate. Overall only 20 per cent of respondents favoured her as their first choice with the poll showing that she is not popular among Republicans with only four per cent preferring her as their first choice but she did better among independent. The 45 per cent who say they would consider voting for her if she gets party nomination include 10 per cent Republicans, 40 per cent independents and 74 per cent Democrats. "