Republicans and Democrats may be dominating the US presidential race, but when it comes to the bedroom, it is independents who have better sex, according to Playboy magazine's Politics of Sex survey. More than 45 percent of those questioned said independents were better in the sack, against 36 percent who thought Democrats were the best lovers and just over 18 percent who rated Republicans as the real Don Juans.
However, more Republicans had sex at least once a week -- 55 percent against only 43 percent of Democrats -- according to the magazine's February edition, which questioned 900 adults aged between 18- and 64-years-old.
The survey also found that Michelle Obama, the wife of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, was considered by almost one in five respondents as the sexiest woman in politics.
She was followed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, with 17.5 percent, first lady Laura Bush on 16.3 percent and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with 14 percent.
Among former presidents, Bill Clinton emerged as the sexiest former US leader, beating Ronald Reagan by 58.8 percent to 21.7 percent.