Meghan Markle is currently in the joint top place among Democrats if the party picks a woman as its candidate for the 2023 presidential election, new polling suggests.
A poll by the Washington-based Democracy Institute of Democratic voters found that 25 per cent said the Duchess of Sussex would be best for the job out of a list of potential female runners.
The former Suits star, who now lives in California after stepping down from the Royal Family in 2020, came in joint first place alongside Vice President Kamala Harris, also on 25 percent.
Hilary Clinton, who lost the US election to Donald Trump in 2016, was next with 22 per cent in the survey of 555 Democrats carried out between May 24 and May 26, the Express reports.An additional 18 per cent backed congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, while six percent voted for Senator Elizabeth Warren.
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