outlawauron said:
JWeinCom said:
Eh... if you think a swing of about 30 seats, and likely five or so governorships, is not a big deal, then you probably don't follow politics that closely. It's kind of a big deal. People are generally too set in their political parties for any sort of massive change. Nobody expected Democrats to take like 50 seats cause that just doesn't happen. Senate losses were expected simply because more democrats were up for reelection. |
It's not quite the slam dunk that people would have hoped for (democratic people at least) but if you think this result is sweet for republicans, you're deluding yourself.
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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
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Yeah. Already acknowledged that my word choice was poor on that one. Nevertheless this is a way above average swing. 7th biggest in about 70 years of data. It's a really solid win.
