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Mon 01 Jan 2007Clinton ahead in race for president - pollUnited States:Hillary Rodham Clinton is far ahead of Barack Obama among Democrats and would narrowly defeat Republican presidential front-runners John McCain and Rudy Giuliani, according to a poll published a day after she formally entered the 2008 race.The Washington Post/ABC News poll gives Mrs Clinton a substantial lead among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents with 41 per cent, compared to Mr Obama's 17 per cent and John Edwards's 11 per cent. Mrs Clinton leads Mr Giuliani by 49 per cent to 47 per cent and Mr McCain by 50 per cent to 45 per cent.