. >> reporter: laura albright is a political scientist. >> todd young basically attacks him on that and said a lot of hoosier voters are very dissatisfied with the affordablr care act, evan bayh gave you this. >> reporter: unpopularity of obamacare is helping young trymu to hold the seat for the g.o.p. having indiana governor mike pence on the ticket helps, too, but only so much. what is the trump factor in indiana? >> it's difficult for todd young, certainly as the not to distance himself too much from donald trump. >> reporter: even though trump is comfortably ahead of hillary clinton in the state, young seldom mentions him. have you endorsed him?is do you support him? are you going to vote for him?bc what? >> i want change, like most hoosiers, this is a change election. >> reporter: you support the republican ticket? >> i'm a republican. i'm a republican. there's only one person who will not continue the failed policies so... >> reporter: and that's who? >> so that's mr. trump. >> reporter: but unpopularity at the top of the ticket is not solely a republican problem here. these ads o