ITS "MEET THE PRESS." >> Announcer: FROM NBC NEWS, THE
LONGEST RUNNING SHOW IN
TELEVISION HISTORY, THIS IS A
SPECIAL EDITION OF "MEET THE
PRESS" WITH CHUCK TODD.
>>> GOOD SUNDAY MORNING.
WERE GETTING OUR FIRST CLEAR
LOOK AT WHERE THE RACE FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION ACTUALLY STANDS AND
WHERE THE CANDIDATES STAND
AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HERE ARE OUR FIRST HEAD-TO-HEAD
MATCHUPS OF THE 2020 RACE IN OUR
NEW NBC NEWS/"WALL STREET
JOURNAL" POLL OF REGISTERED VOTERS." POLL OF REGISTERED
VOTERS.
WE HAVE BERNIE SANDERS WITH A
HEALTHY LEAD SITTING AT 50% TO PRESIDENT TRUMPS 43. AT 50% TO
PRESIDENT TRUMPS 43. GOING DOWN THE LINE, ELIZABETH
WARREN UP FIVE BUT UNDER 50,
48-43.
48-43.
KAMALA HARRIS IS ESSENTIALLY
TIED WITH MR. TRUMP.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, WHILE THE
DEMOCRATIC NUMBERS DO CHANGE
DEPENDING ON THE CANDIDATE,
PRESIDENT TRUMPS NUMBERS
ESSENTIALLY MATCH HIS JOB APPROVAL RATING, WHICH IN THIS
POLL IS RIGHT IN LINE WHERE WITH
HES BEEN AT 45%. IN THE DEMOCRATIC RACE FOR THE
NOMINATION, JOE BIDEN IS STILL
ON TOP DESPITE HIS SHAKY DEBATE PERFORMANCE FOLLOWED BY ADEBATE
PERFORMANCE FOLLOWED BY A SURGING ELIZABETH WARREN.
KAMALA HARRIS, BERNIE SANDERS, AND PETE BUTTIGIEG ROUND OUT THE
TOP TIER.
TOP TIER.
AND YES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THAT IS YOUR TOP TIER.
SORRY TO EVERYBODY ELSE THESE
DAYS.
LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE
FIELD, ONLY ANDREW YANG AND BETO
OROURKE REACH 2%.
THERES A REAL PROSPECT THAT THE
REMAINING ONE PERCENTERS WONT EVEN QUALIFY FOR THE THIRDONT
EVEN QUALIFY FOR THE THIRD DEBATE IN SEPTEMBER AND WILL BE
FORCED OUT OF THE RACE. ULTIMATELY, THE REAL STORY OF
OUR POLL IS TWO SEPARATE AND
DISTINCT RACES ARE EMERGING ON
THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, EACH
DEFINED BY THE MAGNITUDE OF
CHANGE VOTERS ARE LOOKING FOR.