Unlike the Republicans, Democrats see little ideological difference among their leading Presidential candidates. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 30% of Democratic voters see Hillary Clinton as politically liberal. Thirty-one percent (31%) say the same about John Edwards and 35% view Barack Obama as politically liberal. (See crosstabs)

Fifty percent (50%) of Democrats say Obama is politically moderate or conservative, 52% say the same about Edwards, and 62% see Clinton in that light.

These figures are little changed from a month ago, although Edwards is seen as a bit more liberal than in November.

While Democrats see little difference ideologically, Republicans do. Eighty-two percent (82%) of Republicans view Clinton as politically liberal. Just 65% of GOP voters see either Obama or Edwards as politically liberal.

Among all voters, Clinton is seen as politically liberal by 54%. Obama is seen as liberal by 47% of all voters and Edwards by 42%.

A separate survey found that, when it comes to “fiscal issues such as taxes, government spending, and business regulation,” 43% consider themselves moderate and 12% say liberal. When it comes to “social issues like abortion, public prayer, and church-state topics,” 30% say they are moderate while 30% say liberal.

Another survey shows that Clinton and Republican candidate Mitt Romney have the highest level of core opposition among all leading Presidential candidates—47% are committed to voting against each of them no matter who else is on the ballot. Clinton and Obama have the highest level of core support.

Other key statistics and a summary of general election polling match-ups are provided for all Republican and Democratic candidates.

In Election 2008, Clinton has reversed her downward trend in New Hampshire and now holds a three-point advantage. Newly released data shows that the Democratic race in Iowa remains too close to call. Iowa still looms large for Clinton.

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