Sixty-two percent (62%) of all voters now believe that Barack Obama will win the Democratic Presidential nomination. That’s up from 54% in late March. Just 23% now believe Hillary Clinton will be the nominee, down from 24% in March.

Among Democrats 63% expect Obama to win (up from 52%) while 26% say it will be Clinton (down from 28%). Rasmussen Markets currently suggests that Obama has an % chance of winning the nomination.

Thirty-two percent (32%) of Democratic voters nationwide now say that Clinton should drop out of the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination. That’s up from 22% in the previous survey. A majority of African-American voters (54%) believe that Clinton should withdraw from the competition.

Twenty-six percent (26%) now say that Obama should drop out of the race (up from 22%).

Ten percent (10%) want both candidates to drop out (up from 6%).

Fifty-two percent (52%) of Democrats aren’t ready for either candidate to leave the race. That’s down from 62% in late March. On several occasions, Clinton cited the 62% figure at campaign events and television interviews to counter suggestions that she should withdraw from the race. Nationally, Obama has recently held a very modest lead over Clinton in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.

Sixty-two percent (62%) of Obama supporters think Clinton should drop out (up from 47%). Only 19% of Obama supporters think Clinton should remain in the race.

By a 49% to 41% margin, Clinton supporters say that Obama should drop out. In late March, just 38% of Clinton supporters thought it was time for Obama to withdraw.

Clinton leads Obama in Pennsylvania while Obama leads Clinton in North Carolina.

Among unaffiliated voters, 34% say Clinton should drop out while 26% say the same about Obama.

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. Forty-eight percent (48%) of all Democrats believe that a decision at the convention is Very Likely.

Fifty percent (50%) of all voters say that Barack Obama would be the stronger general election candidate against John McCain. Twenty-nine percent (29%) say Clinton would provide the bigger challenge and 21% are not sure. Among Democratic voters, 48% say Obama would be the stronger candidate while 38% say Clinton. Both Democrats currently are competitive with John McCain nationally in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.

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