midterm
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The only recent example of the president’s party gaining House seats in a midterm election came in 2002, after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Republicans worry their big tent will mean big problems in 2022 elections | Michael Scherer, Josh Dawsey | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostIt has been longer, 42 years, since a Democratic president escaped his first midterm election without losing control of Congress.
The Trailer: What's next for the Republican Party | David Weigel | January 19, 2021 | Washington PostWith the 2022 midterms on the horizon, Democrats want to replicate their success in other states — particularly North Carolina, another Southern Sunbelt state with an open Senate seat in the next midterm cycle.
For all that said, the tendency of the opposition party to regain ground at the midterms is very strong.
Georgia Was A Disaster For Republicans, And It’s Not Clear Where They Can Go Next | Nate Silver (nrsilver@fivethirtyeight.com) | January 11, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightFor instance, the GOP agenda in 2017 and 2018, trying to repeal Obamacare and cut taxes for corporations, was fairly unpopular with Republican voters, but those voters still overwhelmingly backed GOP candidates in the 2018 midterms.
Will The Debate Over $2,000 Stimulus Checks Help Democrats In Georgia? | Perry Bacon Jr. (perry.bacon@fivethirtyeight.com) | December 31, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
The 2014 midterm elections are just months behind us, but already Flake feels the pressure of the 2016 presidential elections.
Can This Republican Bring the GOP Back to Its Senses on Immigration? | Tim Mak | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhy else would $4 billion have been spent on the midterm election?
With the midterm elections safely in the rearview mirror, Obama is on legacy patrol.
In 1994 and in 2010 the GOP turned in strong midterm performances, and then saw Clinton and Obama win reelection.
With Immigration Move, Obama and the Welfare Party Strike Again | Lloyd Green | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey have one big problem: Republican midterm gains had more to do with a sagging Democrat brand than an attractive GOP platform.
It had taken him until his senior midterm vacation to wangle an invitation to the dome-house on Luna.
The Cosmic Computer | Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for midterm
/ (ˈmɪdˈtɜːm) /
the middle of a term in a school, university, etc
(as modifier): midterm exam
US politics
the middle of a term of office, esp of a presidential term, when congressional and local elections are held
(as modifier): midterm elections
the middle of the gestation period
(as modifier): midterm checkup See term (def. 6)
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