Midterm Elections - The Bottom Line

In the first election after a new president has moved into the White House, that president's party gets shellacked in the midterm elections. Republicans were also expecting to do well up and down the ticket. This turned out to be the first midterm since the 1930s, that the opposition party didn't flip a single state house or state Senate. The Washington Post crunched the numbers on what it means for US population when both parties are in control of states.