Reviewing Midterm Election Trends of Recent Decades and Their Significance

2022 midterms hint at long-term direction of U.S. Are political realignments upon us?

Since 1994, when Republicans won a landslide 74 House seats and eight Senate seats, they have held the majority in the “people’s house,” the US House of Representatives, the branch of the federal government closest to the citizens, for 22 out of 28 years.

Retro Reports: How 1994 Midterms Set Off An Era of Divisive Politics

“Midterm elections, often a ref…