Nearly two-thirds of voters think Hillary Clinton will become the first female US president if she wins the Democratic nomination, according to a poll out Thursday.
The CBS News/New York Times poll showed 63 percent of people think the former first lady would likely or very likely win. Even among Republicans registered to vote, 53 percent thought so, as did 77 percent of Democrats.
And among men, 59 percent said she was likely to win, as did 65 percent of women, reflecting a gender gap in which more women have positive opinions about Clinton than do men in most of the survey questions.
Clinton still leads the Democratic pack, according to the poll, with a 43-24 percent lead over fellow Senator Barack Obama. Former senator John Edwards is a distant third at 16 percent.
Among Republicans, former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani is the front-runner, with 33 percent preference among registered voters.
He is followed by Fred Thompson -- who has not declared a candidacy -- in second place with 25 percent and Senator John McCain, with campaign money and staff troubles, holding 15 percent. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney had eight percent support.
Those standings can change in the long trek toward Election Day in November 2008.
The July 9-17 telephone poll of 1,554 adults has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
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