NCSL Straw Poll Favors Clinton, Romney
BOSTON -- Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney came out on top here this week in a straw poll of presidential candidates conducted by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Roughly 31 percent of Democrats said they favored Clinton out of the pool of potential nominees for the 2008 race. Former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., came in second at 26 percent. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois took home about 20 percent of the votes.
Romney beat the rest of the Republican field by nearly 14 points. Former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee, who has not yet made his candidacy official, finished second. Almost 36 percent of the Republicans said they supported Romney.
According to NCSL, more than 500 lawmakers, aides and policy experts participated in the poll. -- Michael Martinez
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