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Seats in Congress Gained/Lost by the President’s Party in Mid-Term Elections
F. Roosevelt – Trump
Year | Lame Duck? | Party | president’s job approval % | |||||||||
early Aug | late Aug | early Sep | late Sep | early Oct | late Oct | |||||||
1934 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | D | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | +9 | +9 | ||
1938 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | D | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 60 | -71 | -6 | ||
1942 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | D | 74 | nd | 74 | nd | nd | nd | -55 | -9 | ||
1946 | Harry S. Truman | D | nd | nd | 33 | nd | nd | 27 | -45 | -12 | ||
1950 | LD* | Harry S. Truman | D | nd | 43 | 35 | 35 | 43 | 41 | |||
1954 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | R | 67 | 62 | nd | 66 | 62 | nd | -18 | -1 | ||
1958 | LD | Dwight D. Eisenhower | R | 58 | 56 | 56 | 54 | 57 | nd | -48 | ||
1962 | John F. Kennedy | D | nd | 67 | nd | 63 | nd | 61 | -4 | +3 | ||
1966 | † | Lyndon B. Johnson | D | 51 | 47 | nd | nd | 44 | 44 | -47 | ||
1970 | Richard Nixon | R | 55 | 55 | 57 | 51 | 58 | nd | -12 | +2 | ||
1974 | ± | Gerald R. Ford (Nixon) | R | 71 | nd | 66 | 50 | 53 | nd | -48 | ||
1978 | Jimmy Carter | D | 39 | 43 | 43 | 48 | nd | 49 | -15 | -3 | ||
1982 | Ronald Reagan | R | 41 | 42 | nd | 42 | nd | 42 | -26 | +1 | ||
1986 | LD | Ronald Reagan | R | nd | 64 | nd | 63 | 64 | nd | -5 | ||
1990 | George Bush | R | 75 | 73 | 54 | nd | nd | 57 | -8 | -1 | ||
1994 | William J. Clinton | D | 43 | 40 | 40 | 44 | 43 | 48 | -52 | -8 | ||
1998 | LD | William J. Clinton | D | 65 | 62 | 63 | 66 | 65 | 65 | +5 | ||
2002 | George W. Bush | R | nd | 66 | 66 | 66 | 68 | 67 | +8 | +2 | ||
2006 | LD | George W. Bush | R | 37 | 42 | 39 | 44 | 37 | 37 | -30 | ||
2010 | Barack Obama | D | 44 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | -63 | -6 | ||
2014 | LD | Barack Obama | D | 42 | 42 | 41 | 43 | 42 | 41 | -13 | ||
2018 | Donald J Trump | R | 40 |
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