 or for congress and somebody the governor or the president at the top of the ticket is very unpopular and so people will vote maybe for the governor maybe for the president they might hold their nose or they might not vote at all so therefore they don't vote down ballot there are some people who go you know the squishy they just go to vote for the the top guy and the ones who are really paying attention that they don't like the top guy they're not going to vote