Fifty-one percent (51%) of Democrats polled in a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey think Barack Obama should pick Hillary Rodham Clinton as his running mate, even as the former first lady and her surrogates push for a so-called Democratic "dream ticket." The survey was conducted the night after Barack Obama won the needed delegates to secure the nomination.

Divides that were seen during the Primary season continue to be reflected in attitudes towards the "dream ticket." Most Democrats (58%) who earn less than $60,000 a year believe Clinton should be Obama's running mate. Just 43% of upper income Democrats agree.

Mrs. Clinton, who is expected to suspend her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomnation on Saturday, has even less support among all likely voters polled, with 34% saying yes to her as Mr. Obama's running mate and 44% percent saying no.

Surprisingly, even among all women polled, only 36 percent favor her as a vice-presidential candidate, with 41% opposed and 23% undecided.

Forty-five percent (45%) of African-Americans support Mrs. Clinton for vice president, with 35% opposed and 19% undecided. Among white voters, 47% oppose her being on the ticket; 32% think it's a good idea, and 21% are unsure.

Even among working-class voters whom Mrs. Clinton has courted on the campaign trail, support for her as a vice-presidential candidate is less than one out of two -- with 47% of those who did not attend high school and a similar percentage of those earning under $20,000 a year backing her candidacy.

One of her chief arguments in continuing to seek the Democratic nomination in the face of a growing and unstoppable Obama lead was his inability to reach across the political spectrum, but these new numbers suggest that women and working-class voters are not as wedded to her as a candidate as she has contended.

When asked if the senator from New York should run for the White House as an independent, only 30% of likely voters say yes, with 60% opposed.

Obama is very competitive race with Republican John McCain in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.

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