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 Hillary Clinton and Vice President Biden attend the unveiling of a portrait of Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Dec. 8, 2016. (Photo: Michael Reynolds, European Pressphoto Agency) 
 
 WASHINGTON — On the theory that it's never too early to launch the next campaign, the new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll has identified an overwhelming front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. 
 
 It's someone entirely new. 
 
 Literally. Not an identifiable person. Just "someone entirely new." When that description was included on a list of possible contenders, 66% of Democrats and independents said they would be "excited" to see such a person jump in the race; just 9% thought he or she shouldn't run. That's an overwhelming yes-please-run score of 57 percentage points for, you know, whomever. 
 
 Compare that to the downbeat sentiment toward the party's 2016 nominee, former secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Even though she won the popular vote — to be sure, Republican Donald Trump on Monday carried the count that mattered, in the Electoral College — just 23% were excited about the prospect of her running again; 62% said they would prefer she not. That's a please-don't-run score of 39 points. 
 
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 The nationwide poll of 626 registered voters who identified themselves as Democrats or independents, taken Wednesday through Sunday, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 points. 
 
 The actual person on the list who fared best was Vice President Biden. Forty-three percent would be excited by his decision to run, apparently undeterred by the fact that he'd be 78 years old on Inauguration Day 2021, and 31% would prefer he not run. That's a net positive score of 12 points. 
 
 Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who gave Clinton a run for her money in the Democratic primaries this year, has a positive score of 6 points — that is, 44% "excited" minus 38% who don't want him to run. 
 
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 And Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who decided against a bid in 2016, fares a stitch better, with a positive score of 7 points: 34% would be excited by her campaign; 27% hope she doesn't try it. 
 
 Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, the other name included on the list, gets a negative score of 5 points, but that's in part because a 53% majority have never heard of him. Of those who have, 10% would be excited; 15% against the idea. 
 
 There is one Democrat who swamps the others in generating support. In response to a separate question, Democrats by 61%-32% said Michelle Obama should run for some sort of elective office in the future. The only problem: She's made it clear she won't. "It's not something I would do," she said flatly in an interview with Oprah Winfrey released Tuesday. Period. 
 
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 Story highlights A survey of Democrats and independents found low levels of enthusiasm for another Clinton attempt 
 
 Other familiar Democratic faces did not excite majorities either 
 
 (CNN) President-elect Donald Trump has yet to take office, but pollsters have already begun to dip their toes into the next presidential cycle. 
 
 USA Today/Suffolk University poll released Wednesday found Democratic and independent voters lukewarm on a handful of party leaders and most excited for "someone entirely new." 
 
 Just over 22% of respondents said Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party's failed candidate in the 2016 election, would excite them, while almost 15% said her running in 2020 would "make no difference" and about 62% said she should not run. 
 
 Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders both fared about twice as well as Clinton, but still failed to elicit excitement from a majority of respondents. 
 
 After publicly toying with the idea of running in 2020, Biden said he had no intention to do so. If he were to run and win, the current vice president would be 78 years old at the time of taking office. Sanders would be 79, and Trump would be 74. 
 
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– Democrats asked who they'd be "excited" to see run for president in 2020 overwhelmingly responded: Who else you got? USA Today conducted a poll of Democrats and independents and found 66% would be excited for "someone entirely new" to run; only 9% thought "someone entirely new" shouldn't throw his or her hat into the ring. "That's an overwhelming yes-please-run score of 57 percentage points for, you know, whomever," USA Today explains. As for people with actual identities: Joe Biden had a net of 12 percentage points, Elizabeth Warren had 7, and Bernie Sanders had 6. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, received negative-39 percentage points when it comes to running again. This isn't great news for big-name Democrats. Biden has already said he has no plans to run in 2020 and would be 78 when he took office anyway, CNN reports. Sanders would be 79. The other actual person Democrats seem to be excited about—39% think Michelle Obama should run for some elected office at some point—has also said she won't be doing so, according to CBS News.