It feels safer to bet on unpredictability than stability in this era of tremendous political and social churn and upheaval. While we know that the midterm elections favor the ‘out’ party (i.e. the party that doesn’t control the White House), many wonder if history can be a reliable guide when it feels as if history is being rewritten on a daily basis? …
Yet, there’s more this upcoming midterm has in common with its predecessors. Or, to paraphrase Mark Twain, history may not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
And, that’s not great news for President Biden and Democrats in Congress. Here are the four ways in which 2022 “rhymes” with the last four midterm elections in which the party in the White House lost their House and/or Senate majorities. CONTINUED
Amy Walter, Cook Political Report with Amy Walter
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