continue to win at the state and national level. this is what you saw balderson try and do, right? you had trump come in and try motivate the base in the you recall parts of the district and then you had kasich vouching for balderson and trying to win back some of those votes and at least keep the democrats margins down in the well educated suburban areas where the republicans struggled in 2016. looks like they will struggle there in 2018. the question is whether that's a permanent shift or not. >> susan page, your reporting is on the front page of usa today this morning, revealing evidence that donald trump's base continues to support the president. of the most recent survey made of trump voters you write in part this -- the loyalty of trump's voters has been a political strength for the president through 18 tumultuous months in the white house. now two thirds of the supporters believe russia interfered in the 2016 election, they tend to