MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell asked Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Kirsten GillibrandSunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Suburban moms are going to decide the 2020 election Jon Stewart urges Congress to help veterans exposed to burn pits MORE (D-N.Y.) why "white, male [presidential] candidates are doing better than any of the women candidates" during a Tuesday afternoon interview with the 2020 presidential hopeful.

Mitchell prefaced her question by citing a University of New Hampshire Granite State Poll released Monday that showed three male candidates at the top of the survey.

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"Why do you think white male candidates are doing better than any of the women candidates?" Mitchell asked Gillibrand, one of several female senators running for president.