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Through. guess what. the composure of this current congress hasn't changed that much. one thing may be shifting, the intensity gap, we can measure in polling what people are concerned about, issues that are ranked the most important. here we are seeing gun control even before what happened with these twin massacres are ranking higher and higher among concerns of democratic voters. now, you're seeing that manifest in language used by the presidential candidates. here's the catch. the presidential candidates can be very strong on this and make a lot of promises. what has to happen for real chang...

Dangerous. if democrats have to question the intensity gap then all hope may be lost. there is 30 days, 30 days for these elections which are critical to the history -- for the future of this country, where i believe american democracy as we know it is on the ballot. >> yeah. just, tiffany, to look at how people feel about how important the elections are. democrats 82% in october said that is very important. republicans 80% say it is important. republican turnout is fairly consistent. it is democratic turnout, people of color and young people that don't show up. do you see any sign that that i...

That's an intensity gap that i don't think the republicans are going to be able to make up. now, will it make a difference in some races? perhaps. on the other hand, you look at the house races, political report just moved another seven seats in the direction of democrats. so the house is practically gone at this point. we've just had mayor michael bloomberg, former mayor of new york, drop $20 million in the senate republican races. there's a reason for that. he doesn't throw away his money. and that is that those races are all nip and tuck and could win -- you know, they could go either way f...

Problem. you look in the latest quinnipiac poll. 55% of women strongly disapprove of him. that's compared to 36% of men who strongly approve. that's an intensity gap that i don't think the republicans are going to be able to make up. now, will it make a difference in some races? perhaps. on the other hand, you look at the house races, political report just moved another seven seats in the direction of democrats. so the house is practically gone at this point. we've just had mayor michael bloomberg, former mayor of new york, drop $20 million in the senate republican races. there's a reason for ...

Intensity gap. i think that it started to close pre-kavanaugh and then it has sort of slammed shut. i had a pollster say to me this week, i want to test this again when the noise is gone. i called him an optimist. >> when is the noise gone? >> right. with the noise being gone. he said, oh, just be replaced with a different noise. but it has to, you know, can republicans maintain this level of interest for five more weeks? we're going to see what happens to kavanaugh. >> i was just going to say, if the kavanaugh story is in the rear view mirror in two weeks, what does that -- how does that chan...