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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over fellow Sen. Barack Obama in the race for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination, a new poll showed on Wednesday.

The Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll also showed that if the elections were held today, either of those Democrats would beat former New York Major Rudy Giuliani, the current Republican favorite.

Forty-three percent of Democratic respondents said they preferred the New York senator and former first lady over other Democratic candidates in the 2008 contest, up from 39 percent in June, the poll showed.

(Reuters)

Interestingly, the poll also showed that Michael Bloomberg had a 11% chance of winning. It appears to be a clear suggestion that Bloomberg — who has not thrown his hat in the presidential fray — would steal more support from the Republicans than from the Democrats.

(Times of India)