presidential impact go. and now you're looking at these state legislature elections. when you have a polling question like this, new quinnipiac poll, is the president mentally stable? no, 47%. yes, 45%. that has never been a question in a poll. >> he's doing worse on that poll question than i would do, that's a problem. >> we can't even compare that to previous presidents, because no one thought to ask the question. when questions like that are being asked by the head of your party it's got to be tough down ballot. >> sure, midterm elections are always referendums on the president in power, nationalized elections at the house level and down ballot, not so much the senator and gubernatorial levels. i'm not good at math but i think the number that we just looked at was a 17-point, 18-point swing. cornell belcher was on air, a