Thirty-eight percent (38%) of Democratic voters nationwide now believe that Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race for the White House. That’s up slightly from 34% in late April, 32% earlier in April and 22% in late March.

However, if Clinton does not win the Democratic Party nomination, 29% of Democrats say she should run an Independent campaign for the White House. Sixty-one percent (61%) of Democrats disagree. Clinton supporters are evenly divided on the question.

As for Barack Obama, 25% Democrats say he should drop out. That’s up from 22% following the Pennsylvania Primary, 26% earlier in April and unchanged from 22% in March.

Six percent (6%) want both candidates to drop out and 43% aren’t ready for either to leave.

Obama supporters, by an 84% to 8% margin, believe their candidate would be the stronger general election candidate.

By an 82% to 5% margin, Clinton supporters say the same about their candidate.

Rasmussen Reports has stated that the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination is effectively over and that Obama will be the nominee. Rasmussen Markets currently suggests that Obama has an % chance of winning the nomination. Obama is essentially even with Republican John McCain in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.

By a 67% to 20% mark, Obama supporters say that Clinton should leave the race. But, just 4% of those who support Senator Clinton agree. Forty-four percent of Clinton supporters believe Obama should drop out while 42% disagree.

The national telephone survey also found that 76% of all Democrats now believe it is at least somewhat likely the Democratic nomination will remain unresolved until the Democratic convention in August. That’s down nine percentage points over the past two weeks. Forty-one percent (41%) of all Democrats believe that a decision at the convention is Very Likely. That’s down ten points since the previous survey

Republicans are now evenly divided as to which Democrat they see as the tougher challenge in the fall. That is little changed from the late April survey. Earlier in the year, Republicans were far more likely to see Obama as the stronger Democratic candidate.

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