US presidential race: Hillary leads Democrats; no frontrunners among Republicans

Washington, April 30 , 2015: America's young voters, who played a key role in propelling Barack Obama into presidency, favour Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee, but there no front-runner among prospective Republican candidates, according to a new poll. Overall, a solid majority of 18- to 29- year-olds also prefer a Democrat (55 percent) winning the 2016 campaign for president over a Republican (40 percent), according to the poll by Harvard's Institute of Politics. This view is stronger among young African-Americans (87 percent: Democrat; 8 percent: Republican) and young Hispanics (68 percent: Democrat; 27 percent: Republican). A majority of young whites, however, prefer Republican White House control after 2016 (53 percent: Republican; 41 percent: Democrat). In a hypothetical Democratic presidential primary, the former Secretary of State is in command of with 47 percent with senator Elizabeth Warren garnering eleven percent, followed by Vice President Joe Biden (8 percent). Trailing far behind are former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley (3 percent), former senator Jim Webb (2 percent), and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (1 percent), who announced Wednesday he will run for president as a Democrat. Among prospective Republican candidates in a still-emerging presidential primary race, the poll finds no front-runner with no candidate capturing more than ten percent. In a hypothetical Republican match-up, author Ben Carson captured ten percent, closely followed by Rand Paul (8 percent), Jeb Bush (7 percent), Mike Huckabee (7 percent), Scott Walker (5 percent), Sarah Palin (5 percent) and Ted Cruz (5 percent)