US Midterm Elections 2018- Dems take the House, GOP Keeps the Senate.

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shikamaru317 said:

outlawauron said:

Republicans took over 60 seats in the House in 2010. That does happen when the new President is unpopular. It was an ok night for Democrats, but definitely not a big win. Feels like a pretty standard result.

Here, found this:

Midterm Election, Most House Seats Lost by President's Party in Power 

2010 Obama: -63 
1994 Clinton: -52 
1958: Eisenhower: -48 
1974 Ford (Nixon): -48 
1966 Johnson: -47 
1946 Truman: -45
2018 Trump: -34
2006 Bush: -30 
1950 Truman: -29 
1982 Reagan: -26 

*NY Times data since 1946

Wow, so the 4th lowest, that is not bad at all. Also, I find it funny that Reagan, the poster boy of the GOP, is the lowest, while Clinton and Obama, the only 2 democrat presidents of my lifetime, lost the most seats on their midterms

I mean, there were more than 10 midterms since 1946... there's 8 bellow that that aren't displayed.