Can We Let the Sober Middle Drive the Car for a Change?

Historically, the sitting president's political party loses congressional seats in a midterm election. That trend has held in 17 of 19 midterm elections since World War II. On average, the president's party has lost 25-30 seats. The worst loss was in 2010 when the Democrats lost 63 seats. In Donald Trump's first term, the Republicans lost 40 seats.