[OC] Since Democrats and Republicans became the dominant two parties in the United States (1856), there have been 12 midterm elections that resulted in the House of Representatives switching control from one party to the other (7 for Democrats, 5 for Republicans). Submitted by NarcissusLovesEcho t3_yrneph on November 10, 2022 at 6:21 PM in dataisbeautiful 16 comments 42
NarcissusLovesEcho OP t1_ivuh96l wrote on November 10, 2022 at 6:22 PM Done in Excel; data from House of Representatives https://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/ Permalink 1
[OC] Since Democrats and Republicans became the dominant two parties in the United States (1856), there have been 12 midterm elections that resulted in the House of Representatives switching control from one party to the other (7 for Democrats, 5 for Republicans).
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