Midterm Seat Loss Averages 37 for Unpopular Presidents
September 12, 2018
September 12, 2018
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Gallup, a research-based, global performance-management consulting company, issued the following news:
The president's party almost always suffers a net loss of U.S. House seats in midterm elections. However, losses tend to be much steeper when the president is unpopular. In Gallup's polling history, presidents with job approval ratings below 50percent have seen their party lose 37 House seats, on average, in midterm elections. That compares with an . . .
The president's party almost always suffers a net loss of U.S. House seats in midterm elections. However, losses tend to be much steeper when the president is unpopular. In Gallup's polling history, presidents with job approval ratings below 50percent have seen their party lose 37 House seats, on average, in midterm elections. That compares with an . . .