​Recent Midterm Election Results by President’s Party

Midterm elections in the United States are a key barometer of public sentiment toward the sitting president and their party. Historically, these elections have often resulted in significant losses for the president’s party in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. In recent years, the 2010 and 2014 midterms under President Barack Obama were marked by heavy Democratic losses. In 2010, Democrats lost sixty-three House and six Senate seats. Four years later, Republicans again made gains, taking thirteen more seats in the House and nine in the Senate. Under President Donald Trump, the GOP lost forty House seats in 2018, though they gained two in the Senate. President Joe Biden's Democrats lost just nine House seats in 2022 while gaining one Senate seat.