wolbrecht: a lot of this is rooted in partisanship. one of the interesting moments of the last 20 years is how it nationalized our politics have been. vote for one candidate for president. but at the local level you might support a different party because you know this guy who is running for the city council. party,l, he is not of my my member of congress, but look at all the good stuff he or she has done for my district. that clicks plain a lot of voting in the middle of the 20th century. it explains a lot less voting today. say, myht look and member of congress, she is a really nice person. but she is going to go vote with that other party when she gets to congress. and i do not that. that. i do not want the reason we see similar patterns are people are bringing that same partisan lens to local and state luck elections now. -- local and state elections as well. >> the winning candidate at the state and local levels, it is dominated by the parts of you as opposed to there's no lift for gender even for women candidates? >> we know a lo