Larger Midterm Win: 1994 for the GOP or 2006 for the Dems

[kaikea1]

2006 was a disaster for Republicans.

[OSR stands with Israel]

could the GOP downballot numbers have been prevented if Bush had won again? Otoh, Harry Blackmun was already mid 80s by the 92 election and he might have just given up.

If Bush won again there is a chance 1994 could have happened in 1992 but if it didnt then no then 1994 doesnt happen in a 14th year itch .

You mean 1998 right?

no I mean if Bush won in 1992 by a confrontable margin like he was expected to in 1991 the Republicans could have potentially taken congress in 1992 .

is there a president for not holding the u.s. house for twelve years in the white house and then winning it back?

Well not really but remember Truman won back the house for the Democrats in 1948

[jamestroll]

While I am in the minority here in believing that 2018 was actually very impressive for the Democrats and a strong victory relative to the conditions of the country at the time, the obvious answer here is 1994 was a stronger victory on all scales compared to the 2006 election for the Democrats.

Democrats may have done better in the Senate in 2006 compared to 2018 but the House of Representative gains were not as impressive in hindsight compared to 2018.

While Democrats had more diverse pick ups in rural and suburban seats, they were more Midwestern and Northeastern based. In 2018, Democrats were picking up suburbs everywhere. Now even if we lost many of those gains in the 2020 elections, it is clear that suburbs are the only areas in Trump territory that they can compete it.