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34% of Democrats Want Clinton to Drop Out
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Thirty-four percent (34%) of Democrats nationwide now believe that Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race for the White House. That’s up from 32% earlier in April and 22% in late March.

As for Barack Obama, just 22% of Democrats say he should drop out. That’s down from 26% earlier in April and unchanged from 22% in March. Just 1% want both candidates to drop out and 45% aren’t ready for either to leave.

Nationally, Obama holds a modest but steady lead over Clinton in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.

By a 62% to 25% mark, Obama supporters say that Clinton should leave the race. But, just 4% of those who support Senator Clinton agree. Clinton supporters are evenly divided as to whether Obama should drop out.

Overall, 58% of all voters now believe Obama will be the nominee. That’s down slightly from 62% earlier in the month. Among Democrats 59% expect Obama to win (down from 63%). Rasmussen Markets currently suggests that Obama has an % chance of winning the nomination.

The national telephone survey also found that 85% of all Democrats—and 86% of all voters—believe it is at least somewhat likely the Democratic nomination will remain unresolved until the Democratic convention in August. Fifty-one percent (51%) of all Democrats believe that a decision at the convention is Very Likely.

Sixty-five percent (65%) of Clinton supporters say it’s Very Likely the decision will be made at the convention. That view is shared by 45% of Obama supporters.

Related survey data found that Republicans are growing more confident about a campaign against Obama in the fall.

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Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.

Survey of 1,200 Likely Voters
April 25-27, 2008

Should Hillary Clinton Drop Out of the Democratic Presidential Primary Race?

Yes

34%

No

54%

Should Barack Obama Drop Out of the Democratic Presidential Primary Race?

Yes

23%

No

65%

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