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| − | '''Midterm elections''' are [[Congress]]ional elections held in between presidential elections. The president's party usually loses seats in [[Congress]] (1994 and 2006 are recent examples), but not always (1998 and 2002 were notable exceptions). | + | '''Midterm elections''' are [[Congress]]ional elections held in between presidential elections. The president's party usually loses seats in [[Congress]] (1994 and 2006 are recent examples). Only three times since 1930 has the political party in the [[White House]] not lost seats in the midterm elections: |
| | + | *in 2002, due to [[9/11]], Republicans gained 8 seats in the House and 2 in the Senate amid sky-high approval ratings by President [[George W. Bush]] as is common in a crisis. |
| | + | *in 1998, [[Dem]]s picked up 5 seats in the House (and none in the Senate) during Clinton's second term, partly due to immense losses by his party in the prior elections and the [[liberal media]] promoting him against talk of [[impeachment and removal]]. |
| | + | *in 1934, [[Dem]]s picked 9 seats apiece in both the House and Senate as [[FDR]] pretended to address the [[Great Depression]] with his [[New Deal]], which was not ultimately successful. |
| | + | == See also == |
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| | + | *[[1922 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1926 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1930 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1934 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1938 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1942 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1946 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1950 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1954 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1958 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1962 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1966 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1970 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1974 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1978 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1982 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1986 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[1990 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[2010 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[2014 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[2018 Midterm Elections]] |
| | + | *[[2022 midterm elections|2022 Midterm Elections]] |
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