Reply #14: Independents don't think highly of her either. The margin of victory is 4 times higher for Edwards [View All]

US Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton ... finds herself trailing behind Barack Obama and John Edwards among the independent voters, a new poll released a year before the election shows.

The poll results, however, do somewhat call into question the Democratic frontrunner's electability come next November. Clinton's support tops out at 49 per cent in trial heats against Republicans Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney.

Her four-point margin (49 per cent to 45 per cent) over Thompson and Romney is significantly less than Edwards's and Obama's performance in those head-to-heads. Obama and Edwards both lead Romney by 53 to 37 per cent. Edwards leads Thompson 53 to 39 per cent; Obama leads him 52 to 39 per cent.