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How Will Democrats Fare in 2022? Let’s Look Backward
History has lessons for presidents and prognosticators, but it’s not so easy to find them.
Setting examples.
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One way to get a handle on reasonable expectations for the 2022 midterm elections and the remainder of the Joe Biden presidency is to look for historical comparisons. Some Democrats are nervously invoking 1966, when they lost 47 seats in the House of Representatives, but the political analyst Stuart Rothenberg makes a good case that 1966 doesn’t cast much light on 2022. Let’s take a look at a few other possibilities.