Hillary's the one, says Monmouth poll of Dems Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/big_te

Thomas Fitzgerald, Inquirer Politics Writer
POSTED: MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2014, 2:36 PM

A national poll from Monmouth University released Monday finds that Hillary Clinton is the top choice of Democrats as the party’s 2016 presidential nominee, though a substantial number also think she should be challenged in a primary.

When asked who they’d like to see as the party’s candidate, 48 percent of respondents volunteered Clinton’s name, to 6 percent for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and 2 percent each for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Vice President Biden.

“When nearly half of Democratic voters volunteer the name Hillary Clinton as their choice for 2016, it’s hard to deny that she is the clear front runner,” said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute in West Long Branch, N.J. “At the same, time Democrats do not want to the nomination process to be a coronation.”

The poll results are based on a sample of 386 registered voters who identify themselves as Democrats or as leaning toward the Democratic Party. The findings are subject to a margin of error of plus-or-minus 5 percentage points.


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