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The newest standings of the democratic candidates for president in 2008 starts with Hilary Clinton in the lead with 40%, Obama with 30%, and Edwards in third place with 14%. The leader for the Republicans with 24% is Rudy Giuliani, closely following him is Huckabee with 22%, in third is Romney with 16%. The issues right now between the Republicans and Democrats are abortion, immigration, Iraq, same-sex mariage, taxes, and social security. For this election, Iowa is one of the five states to watch. It says that it's very hard to predict who's going to win the Iowa vote. Iowa's the battleground state with very liberal Democrats and also very conservative Republicans. Romney won the Iowa straw poll.