Clinton Widens Lead Over Obama in Latest CrowdRules Poll

August 16, 2007 - Los Angeles, CA.

Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over Barack Obama in the latest CrowdRules poll ending August 15, 2007. CrowdRules, the user-generated voting site, asked its members which of the current top 10 candidates they believed most likely to win the 2008 presidential election. The surprise change from the previous poll was the 3-position drop in the rankings by Barack Obama. Rudy Giuliani moved ahead in the rankings, making a Clinton versus Giuliani race in 2008 more likely.

The complete rankings, including ranking change since the last CrowdRules poll completed on August 2nd, are as follows:

1. Hillary Clinton (no change)
2. Rudy Giuliani (+2)
3. Al Gore (+5)
4. Fred Thompson (+3)
5. Barack Obama (-3)
6. Mitt Romney (+3)
7. John McCain (-4)
8. John Edwards (-2)
9. Michael Bloomberg (-4)
10. Bill Richardson (no change)

CrowdRules, a user-generated voting site at www.crowdrules.com, provides collective intelligence software-as-a-service for media research, contests, polling and other activities that require unbiased voting.