During midterm elections - those that take place between presidential elections - the president's party tends to lose seats in Congress. While not a guarantee, the party in power loses an average ...

Several liberal political commentators have floated a theory over the last few weeks that President Trump might cancel or rig ...

The 2002 midterm elections came just a year after the 9/11 terrorist attacks; patriotic sentiment was running high and George W. Bush had successfully defined himself (for the moment) as a "war ...

Conventional wisdom holds that Democrats are doomed to defeat in this year’s midterm elections. It is an article of faith that the party that controls the White House automatically loses seats ...

House Democratic Leader accuses Republicans, and their "puppet master" President Trump, of trying to "rig the midterm ...

For the second consecutive midterm election, the president's party picked up seats in the House of Representatives. That hasn't happened since the two-party system became entrenched after the ...

If Democrats do lose that many seats, 2022 would join the five worst midterm beatings a president’s party has taken in the modern political era—1982, 1994, 2006, 2010, and 2018.

Rep. Conor Lamb (D-Pa.) smiles as he greets supporters after claiming victory in Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District, at his election night party in Cranberry, Pa., in November 2018. (Gene ...

Polls suggest House Democrats will buck midterm curse and add to their ranks by Kevin Walling, opinion contributor - 04/19/21 10:00 AM ET ...

The biggest midterm losses have typically come after elections (like those in 1912, 1964, and 2008) in which the majority party secured significant gains—forcing it to defend seats deep in the ...

Could 2024 Trump’s Victory Counter a 2026 “Midterm Curse”? ... Judy Pino makes the case for empowering this small but mighty demographic that made waves in the most recent elections.