>>> WE HAVE FRESH POLL NUMBERS FROM MISSOURI IN A MINUTE.
LET’S GET TO WHAT’S AT STAKE
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. CHUCK TODD IS HERE, AS IS KASIE
HUNT, WHO COVERS THE HILL FOR
US.
US. >> THIS DOES NOT SEEM LIKE A
MIDTERM AT ALL.
THIS IS FEELING MORE AND MORE
LIKE A GENERAL ELECTION.
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID VOTE AS
IF I’M ON THE BALLOT.
>> THIS IS THE EARLY VOTE
NUMBERS THAT WE’VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT, I THINK WE MAY CROSS 100
MILLION TOTAL VOTE.
IT’S ONLY IN THE ’96 AND 2000
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS THAT WE
CROSSED THE 100 MILLION MARK IN
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. IT’S THAT BIG A DEAL.
WHEN YOU HAVE A TURNOUT LIKE
THIS, IT MAKES POLLS -- IT’S
GOING TO MAKE POLLSTERS LOOK
RIDICULOUS.
RIDICULOUS. NOT BECAUSE THEY DON’T DO A GOOD
JOB BUT YOU CANNOT ACCOMMODATE
FOR ALL OF THE NEW VOTERS IN ANY
WAY.
WAY. >> NOBODY NOWS WHO EXACTLY IS
SHOWING UP.
SHOWING UP. THAT MAKES THE JOB OF POLLSTERS
DIFFICULT.
DIFFICULT. HERE’S WHAT’S AT STAKE.
OBVIOUSLY, CONTROL OF CONGRESS.
IN PARTICULAR, DEMOCRATS REALLY
FEEL, KASIE, THEY HAVE A CHANCE
TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF THE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. THAT’S THE SO-CALLED BLUE WAVE.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM YOUR
SOURCES?
SOURCES? >> THAT’S GOING TO BE THE BIG
STORY ON ELECTION NIGHT.
MY SOURCES ARE LOOKING AT WHAT
CHUCK IS LOOKING AT.
THE SOURCES I’M TALKING TO, BY
AND LARGE, THEY BELIEVE
DEMOCRATS WILL TAKE BACK THE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. THE QUESTION IS BY HOW MANY
SEATS?
SEATS? ARE THEY JUST GOING TO HAVE THE
NARROW OF A MAJORITY OR IS IT
GOING TO SWEEP THROUGH?
IT GOES TO A QUESTION OF WHO
ACTUALLY COMES OUT TO THE POLLS.
>> WE’RE DOGGING THE POLLS A
LITTLE BIT.
LITTLE BIT. WE HAVE MISSOURI AND FLORIDA,
TWO TIGHT RACES.
IN MISSOURI, CLAIRE McCASKILL,
THE INCUMBENT.
THE INCUMBENT. HERE’S WHAT WE SHOW THIS
MORNING, SHE’S AHEAD.
>> WE HAVE HER AHEAD.
AND THIS COMPORTS TO WHAT WE’RE
HEARING ON THE GROUND THERE’S
BEEN A MOVEMENT TOWARDS HER.
THIS IS THE FIRST POLL I’VE SEEN
IN A WHILE THAT’S HAD HER AHEAD.
AND IT’S SURPRISING A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT SHE’S AHEAD.
BUT IT’S NOT SURPRISING THIS
TIGHTENED.
TIGHTENED. THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
UNEXPECTEDLY CANCELED ON US ON
"MEET THE PRESS."
>> CHUCK IS SAYING DON’T CANCEL
"MEET THE PRESS" OR YOUR POLL
NUMBERS WILL GO DOWN.
>> THEY FELT AS IF THEY HAD
TOUGH COVERAGE IN THE LAST WEEK.
SOMETHING IS HAPPENING THERE.
ONE THING ABOUT OUR POLLSTERS,
THE WAY THEY DO THEIR LIKELY
VOTER MODEL, THEY MAY HAVE A WAY
OF CAPTURING NEW VOTERS.
IF SOMETHING HAS CHANGED
QUICKLY, YOU’RE LIKELY TO SEE IN
OURS.
OURS. >> WE HAVE FLORIDA, TOO.
A BIG ONE, THE GOVERNORS’ RACE
AND THE SENATE RACE THERE.
IN THAT ONE, KASIE, THE
DEMOCRATS ARE AHEAD IN OUR
LATEST POLL.
LATEST POLL. >> REALLY REMARKABLE.
NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED TO SEE WHEN
WE STARTED COVERING THIS.
BEING FROM FLORIDA, CHUCK KNOWS,
THE EXCITEMENT AMONG DEMOCRATS
FOR ANDREW GILLIAM IS OFF THE
CHARTS.
CHARTS. THAT MIGHT CARRY OTHER
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. >> I HAD A DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST
SO COCKY ABOUT FLORIDA ON BEHALF
OF DEMOCRATS, THAT PERSON THINKS
HE’S GOING TO MAKE THE 9:00 P.M.
TIPOFF OF FLORIDA/FLORIDA STATE
BASKETBALL.
BASKETBALL. HE THINKS WE’LL BE ABLE TO CALL
THE RACE ON TUESDAY NIGHT BY THE
TIME FLORIDA/FLORIDA STATE TIP
OFF IN THEIR PRECONFERENCE
BASKETBALL GAME.
BASKETBALL GAME. I SAID, BUDDY, IT’S FLORIDA.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS TAKEN MONTHS
TO CALL FLORIDA, I WOULDN’T BE
SO COCKY.
SO COCKY. THAT’S HOW CONFIDENT DEMOCRATS
FEEL IN FLORIDA.
>> IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING
NIGHT.
NIGHT. THERE’S THREE ISSUES IN THIS
ELECTION, IMMIGRATION, HEALTH
CARE AND THE PRESIDENT.
WE’LL SEE HOW IT SHAKES OUT.
>>> WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THE
MIDTERMS AND THE MOOD OF VOTERS
AHEAD.
AHEAD. STAY WITH NBC NEWS BECAUSE IT’S
GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT FOR US.