Republicans have taken over the U.S. House of Representatives from Democrats after flipping seats in crucial midterm election battleground districts. After more than a week after election day, the party eventually won the necessary 218 seats to take control of the parliament.
At a pivotal juncture in world history, the United States had its midterm elections on November 8. With the conflict in Russia and Ukraine, the Global economic shutdown, and other factors, the world appears to be at a crucial juncture that may be altered by changes in U.S. politics.
What the past reveals
The incumbent president’s party has gained seats in the House of Representatives in just three of the last 22 midterm elections (dating back to FDR’s presidency in 1934). (Nine seats for Roosevelt (1934), five seats for Clinton (1998), and eight seats for George W Bush (2002)).
Since 1934, 17 times, including each of the last four midterm elections, the Republicans have gained the six seats necessary to take control of the House. From 1934, a party in power has lost 28 seats in the House on average.
Since 1934, the party of the current president has seen six gains and fifteen losses in the Senate, with one result remaining unchanged. A loss of five seats was the median change over the previous 21 occurrences.
