in royal areas they see things very different, as men do. simple reality democrat and republican party do have a gender gap. that s an unfortunate set of circumstances. but it is true. there are vastly more republican men. there are vastly more democratic women. it s beened the last 17 years i have been in politics. i wish that weren t the case, but it is. simple reality is at this point it matters a whole lot more if you live in north dakota, missouri, indiana, montana than coastal new york and california. so these national surveys are interesting, fun to conjecture about, but doesn t tell us where the election will land. dana: that s an interesting point. we have karl rove coming up to talk about those individual races. we all appreciate your perspective. with the tennessee senate race in a dead heat, the turnout for voting in nashville is raising some eye browse. plus president trump is looking to tip the scales in the montana race by resurrecting a feud from earlier this year.