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
tremendous activism and enthusiasm by the grass roots. what s exciting is these victories we re seeing in special elections, 35 state legislative seats flipped since donald trump became president. that s not because of people in washington like me. it s because of people in the grassroots are really getting active and really reacting to what they re seeing. and john, you always wonder how far down-ballot does 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.
done here? there s no way to force him off the ballot? they were talking about a different kind of election, resignation, yada, yada. there was this burst of momentum and a real desire to get this convoluted process of getting luther strange to step down and the governor to put the election until next year. and it ended with we re stuck with this guy. i saw that polling. i don t know if i believe it, frankly. you don t believe it. no, i don t know if i do. this is another example of, you know, a state where you re talking to people about a guy who s been accused of pedophilia. i m not sure if people are responding to polls necessarily 100% of the time going to admit that they re probably going to turn up and vote for an accused pedophiler. i think that s an interesting polling question. you re laughing. yeah, i mean it seems to me, it
100% of the time going to admit that they re probably going to turn up and vote for an accused pedophiler. i think that s an interesting polling question. you re laughing. yeah, i mean it seems to me, it is a lot of new information to process in some ways. we re inching closer to this election for this open seat. doug jones hit his opponent roy moore who is surrounded by controversy after multiple women have come forward with claims that in his 30s he harassed and assaulted them while they were in their teens. this race, there could be not greater contrast, and this was long before things started unraveling last week. the differences between me and roy moore could not be greater. and that s because i am not someone who wants to divide this state. i am someone who wants to unify this state. [ applause ]
with the retweet of unsubstantiated story based on anonymous sources. donald trump retweeting, this is the kind of thing 7 in 10 americans are saying it is a risky way to communicate. david, there s a lot of important messages for the white house in these numbers. is there good news for the president? there is one number in the poll that if you are president you would feel good about. 53%. the majority of americans see the country doing well, see it going in the right direction. that is usually a good barometer, when you ask that, it s a polling question, take the temperature of the country. he s got a majority of americans that think things are going well in the country. what s clear from the rest of the numbers, kate, that is a sentiment americans hold separate and apart from assessing the presidency. great to see you, david,