republican but only single digits versus a 25-point margin two years ago. democrats have made up a significant amount of ground. >> david, what is behind this gender gap. >>. >> there's no doubt if the democrats win the house, it is going to be fueled and powered by fee may voters and by the way, by a slew of female candidates. we're seeing record flubs of women on the ballot running for the house. we saw this in democratic primary after democratic primary throughout this year that the party's base voters they've got out there in the primary they were selecting fee may nominees at a pace we had not seen before. there's no doubt that this is a year of the woman in that way and that if indeed the democrats are successful, it will be in large part to that. it's exactly what harry is saying. we have seen just a peeling away from 2016 the president has sort