New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) down three points. Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) unchanged. Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (D) up two points. Those numbers from the latest Rasmussen Reports national poll on the Democratic Presidential nomination process highlight a week that shows little change in the overall dynamic of the race.

Clinton remains in first place with support from 34% of Likely Democratic Primary Voters nationwide. That’s down slightly from 37% from a week ago. Obama is still in second place with 26% and Edwards holds down the number three position with 15% support.

This is the second Rasmussen Reports weekly poll result without former Vice President Al Gore (D) in the running and the first without former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack (D).

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) and Delaware Senator Joe Biden (D) each attract 3% support.

Obama edges Clinton 28% to 26% among male voters while the former First Lady enjoys a 14-point advantage among women.

Rasmussen Reports releases national polling data on the Democratic nomination process every Monday and on the Republican race each Tuesday. The current survey of 769 Likely Democratic Primary Voters was conducted February 26 – March 1, 2007. The margin of sampling error was +/-4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Richardson, and Biden all trail Republican frontrunner and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Clinton, Obama, and Edwards are essentially tied with Arizona Senator John McCain (R) while leading all other GOP hopefuls.

See our summary of favorability ratings and general election match-up results for all Democratic and Republican candidates.

Despite the fact that the frontrunners in the Democratic Party are a woman and an African-American, 60% of voters believe that the Democrats will end up nominating a white male as their Presidential candidate in 2008. Eight-out-of-ten Americans say they are willing to vote for a woman Presidential candidate and a similar percentage say the same about an African-American candidate. However, in each case, just over 50% believe their peers are likely to do the same. There is a significant difference of opinion on these questions by age. Just a third of senior citizens believe their peers would vote for a woman or an African-American.