Which President reelection looked the most Bleak after their first midterm

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It was Bill Clinton, in 1994, because the U.S. House flipped Republican for the first time in 40 years. The U.S. Senate also flipped. And there was a consciousness of the Democrats' electoral failures, at the presidential level, during this realigning period for the Republicans.

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Obama due to fact Mitt Romney looked very strong at the time, and we knew he was running. And Obama was the firsy blk president.

But, Clinton's looked bleak as well, but he had another go at it with Perot, that saved his presidency.

I thought Republicans had as much chance of unseating Obama after 2010 as the democrats had a chance of unseating Reagan in 1982

Me, too. The Republicans of 2012 were even more unlikely to win back the White House as the Democrats of 1984.