More than 460 days away, next year’s midterm elections are approaching, but Democrats are looking hopefully toward the past.
The president’s party has lost House seats in all but two midterm elections since 1938. The two exceptions were 1998, when Bill Clinton’s party gained five seats amid an unpopular Republican attempt to impeach him, and 2002, when George W. Bush’s party picked up eight seats in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Republicans control the White House, Senate, and the House of Representatives. Their congressional majorities are small, especially in the House, where the GOP currently holds 219 seats.
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A blue wave could easily wash these majorities away. In the 2018 midterm elections during President Donald Trump’s first term, Democrats gained 40 House seats and a majority
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