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[[File:Red-wave-election.jpg|right|300px|In the United States, a red wave election is an election where there is a surge of voters supporting Republican candidates which results in an unusually high number being elected to office. In the United States, the Republican Party is associated with the color red.<ref>[https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/red+wave Red wave], thefreedictionary.com</ref>]]

A '''red wave''' of [[Republican]]/[[conservative]] voters has been predicted by pundits in order to give a majority of Republicans in the [[U.S. Congress]] and potentially in [[U.S. Senate]] as well in the 2022 midterm U.S. Congressional elections.

In the United States, a red wave election is an election where there is a surge of voters supporting Republican candidates which results in an unusually high number being elected to office. In the United States, the Republican Party is associated with the color red.<ref>[https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/red+wave Red wave], thefreedictionary.com</ref>

 

As far the 2022 midterm elections, a red wave of [[Republican]]/[[conservative]] voters has been predicted by pundits in order to give a majority of Republicans in the [[U.S. Congress]] and potentially in [[U.S. Senate]] as well in the 2022 midterm U.S. Congressional elections.

Historically, in the midterm elections during a President's first term, no matter the President's popularity ratings, the opposing party tends to gain seats, and it is not uncommon to see that party gain the majority of the House since all 435 seats are up for re-election (this took place during the 2018 midterm elections when the Democrats, the party opposing Republican President [[Donald Trump]], took House control, as well as in 2010 when the Republicans took House control from the Democrats, the party of President [[Barack Obama]]); the Senate (which only has 1/3 of its seats up for re-election each year not counting special elections to fill unexpired terms) is usually harder to reclaim.  Similarly, in those instances where a President is re-elected, the midterm elections frequently go against his party (this was the case in 2014, during President Obama's second term, when the Republicans gained 13 seats in the House and nine seats in the Senate, reclaiming control of the latter).  Also, most states have their major elections (Governor and statewide races) in the same year as a midterm Congressional election, and thus a significant showing by one party or the other is often used as a gauge to determine potential strength in the upcoming Presidential election.

Historically, in the midterm elections during a President's first term, no matter the President's popularity ratings, the opposing party tends to gain seats, and it is not uncommon to see that party gain the majority of the House since all 435 seats are up for re-election (this took place during the 2018 midterm elections when the Democrats, the party opposing Republican President [[Donald Trump]], took House control, as well as in 2010 when the Republicans took House control from the Democrats, the party of President [[Barack Obama]]); the Senate (which only has 1/3 of its seats up for re-election each year not counting special elections to fill unexpired terms) is usually harder to reclaim.  Similarly, in those instances where a President is re-elected, the midterm elections frequently go against his party (this was the case in 2014, during President Obama's second term, when the Republicans gained 13 seats in the House and nine seats in the Senate, reclaiming control of the latter).  Also, most states have their major elections (Governor and statewide races) in the same year as a midterm Congressional election, and thus a significant showing by one party or the other is often used as a gauge to determine potential strength in the upcoming Presidential election.