you look at that and say that's not much to write home about historically for a president. that's true. bill clinton was down around this level in 1994. democrats got wiped out this year. that is true. but keep in mind with donald trump, with the era of polarization we're living in right now, republicans have been saying all year that if they think if donald trump could get that approval rating up to the mid-40s, 45%, they'd like 46%, 47% obviously, not sure we'll get there, but they think the mid-40s they have got a chance. the low 40s, the high 30s advantage big for the democrats. 43.5, keep this in mind. that is up basically 3 points over the last couple weeks. that's a big difference. trump sitting at 43.5 versus trump sitting at 40.5. given the narrow range his presidency has operated in when it comes to his approval rating, that's a potentially big difference. that's getting close to that range where republicans think they have a shot to hang on to the house. maybe not quite there yet.