Democratic voters want an active primary challenge to Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE, even though they overwhelmingly prefer her as the eventual nominee, according to a new Monmouth University poll.

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The poll of Democrats nationwide finds that 48 percent say it is better if there is an active primary challenge to Clinton, compared to 43 percent who say it is better if Democrats coalesce behind Clinton early.

Still, Clinton continues to have a massive lead, the choice of 48 percent of Democrats. In second place is Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), whom liberal groups are urging to run despite her denials, at 6 percent.

Following them are Vice President Biden, at 2 percent, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), at 2 percent, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, at 1 percent.

Clinton's total is down from the roughly 60 percent she had received in recent polls, and there is a high number of undecided people in the poll, 32 percent. That could reflect the question, which was open-ended, with no names listed as choices.

One percent chose "other," which could include Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, who has signaled that he is likely to run and has tried to position himself to the left of Clinton on a range of issues.

Clinton has strong favorable ratings among Democrats, with 82 percent favorable and 11 percent unfavorable.

O'Malley and former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, another possible contender, have higher unfavorable than favorable ratings, though most voters are undecided about the two. Webb is at 14 percent unfavorable to 11 percent favorable; O'Malley is at 13 percent unfavorable to 10 percent favorable.