A new national poll by CNN has revealed that 65 percent of Democrats and independents are in favor of Hillary Clinton becoming the democratic nominee in the 2016 presidential race.

Clinton has a significant early lead over the other candidates. Current Vice President Joe Biden is in second place but only accounts for 10 percent of the vote. He nets 52 percent of older voters, but women favor Clinton.

Senator Elizabeth Warren is in third place with seven percent, while New York Governor Andrew Cuomo currently has six percent among those surveyed in the poll.

Clinton has not yet declared whether she will actually run for president. Earlier this year she stepped down as Secretary of State to focus on her personal life.

The poll also found there is no clear frontrunner in the Republican race. Only 17 percent of Republicans and independents favor New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, while 16 percent support former vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan.

"It's often said -- and it's usually true -- that polls taken years before the first presidential primaries are mostly tests of name recognition," CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said.

Holland also said that the poll shouldn't be taken too seriously this early in the race. "Polls taken two to three years before an election have absolutely no predictive value," he said. "Do not treat this as a prediction of what will happen in 2016."

The survey by CNN included 458 Democrats and 452 Republicans. Also included were independent voters who leaned toward one side or the other.