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I had to look it up --- Franklin D. Roosevelt gained in midterms after he won his 4th election. Also, George Bush (II) won the midterms after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade buildings. Otherwise, as you say.Can you name a midterm where the party in the White House, didn't lose large numbers of seats, or control of one or more houses? I can't.
Good reasonably quick research. I suspect the history of showing reversals in party control of one or both houses during midterms is much greater.I had to look it up --- Franklin D. Roosevelt gained in midterms after he won his 4th election. Also, George Bush (II) won the midterms after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade buildings. Otherwise, as you say.
Well, universal except for those two examples. One of the most important rules in politics, one source said --- the party in the White House nearly always loses people of their party in the midterms. Hard to account for, IMO. But true.Good reasonably quick research. I suspect the history of showing reversals in party control of one or both houses during midterms is much greater.