MN-PPP: Hillary strongly favored in primary

[Tender Branson]

(Asked of 373 Democratic primary voters) Given the choices of Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Andrew Cuomo, Amy Klobuchar, Martin O’Malley, Deval Patrick, Brian Schweitzer, Mark Warner, and Elizabeth Warren, who would you most like to see as the Democratic candidate for President in 2016?

Hillary Clinton......... .59%
Joe Biden............... .14%
Amy Klobuchar ...... .11%
Elizabeth Warren ... . 4%
Andrew Cuomo ...... . 3%
Martin O'Malley...... . 1%
Deval Patrick.......... . 0%
Brian Schweitzer .... . 0%
Mark Warner .......... . 0%
Someone else/Not sure.........................10%

(Asked of 373 Democratic primary voters) If neither Hillary Clinton nor Joe Biden ran for President in 2016, who would you most like to see as the Democratic nominee?

Amy Klobuchar ...... .43%
Andrew Cuomo ...... .14%
Elizabeth Warren ... .10%
Martin O'Malley...... . 1%
Deval Patrick.......... . 1%
Brian Schweitzer .... . 0%
Mark Warner .......... . 0%
Someone else/Not sure.........................30%

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_MN_012413.pdf

[GMantis]

More significant here is the poor result of Amy Klobuchar. For a popular senator, it seems strange that she gets only 11% of the vote in a full primary and can't reach a majority when the two strongest candidates are not included.

[Tender Branson]

More significant here is the poor result of Amy Klobuchar. For a popular senator, it seems strange that she gets only 11% of the vote in a full primary and can't reach a majority when the two strongest candidates are not included.

That simply has to do with the fact that voters want Klobuchar to remain in the Senate, while voters - not only in MN - want Hillary Clinton to continue the Democratic legacy of Obama in 2016.

[Beet]

Last time, Minnesota was a caucus, so the SurveyUSA poll showing her leading in the 'primary' (IIRC) didn't really pan out.

[Mr. Morden]

Last time, Minnesota was a caucus, so the SurveyUSA poll showing her leading in the 'primary' (IIRC) didn't really pan out.

It will still be a caucus in 2016.

About this poll....both Clinton and Klobuchar do better with the women and Biden with the men:

men:

Clinton 51%
Biden 18%
Klobuchar 8%

women:

Clinton 63%
Biden 12%
Klobuchar 12%

What's also interesting is that virtually every political poll I've ever seen had more undecideds among women than men.  However, in this primary matchup, with 2 of the 3 leading candidates being women, there are more undecideds among men than women.

[ilikeverin]

More significant here is the poor result of Amy Klobuchar. For a popular senator, it seems strange that she gets only 11% of the vote in a full primary and can't reach a majority when the two strongest candidates are not included.

That simply has to do with the fact that voters want Klobuchar to remain in the Senate, while voters - not only in MN - want Hillary Clinton to continue the Democratic legacy of Obama in 2016.

Yeah.  For obvious reasons, too, we haven't had a great time with recent Minnesotan presidential aspirants, so that might also be affecting the results.