Sunday, September 12, 2010

Congressional Losses for the Party in Power since 1896

Why 1896? I wanted over a century of data. Why 1914 for the Senate? That is when Senators were first elected by popular vote. The data is restricted to elected presidents. If a president served two terms, the figures are for their first midterm. For example: Reagan was elected in 1980, the results are for 1982 only and not 1986.

McKinley (1896): 1898: H: -19

TR: McKinley Assassinated

Taft (1908): 1910: H: -57

Wilson (1912): 1914: S: +5 H: -61

Harding (1920): 1922: S: -6; H: -77

Coolidge: Harding died of a stroke

Hoover (1928): 1930: S: -8 H: -52

FDR (1932): 1934: S: +9 H: +9

Truman: FDR died in office

Eisenhower (1952): 1954: S: -2 H: -18

JFK: (1960): 1962: S: +2 H: -4

LBJ: Kennedy Assassinated

Nixon: (1968): 1970: S: +1; H: -12

Ford: Nixon resigned

Carter (1976): 1978: S: -3 H: -15

Reagan (1980): S: +0; 1982: H: -26

Bush (1988): 1990: S: -1; H: -8

Clinton (1992): 1994: S: -8; H: -54

Bush (2000): 2002: S: +2 ;H: +8

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