1. How many seats did Democrats and Republicans hold in the House and Senate going into the midterms?

2. a) How many seats did each party win or lose in the House?
b) How many did each party win or lose in the Senate?

3. What are Democrats expected to do now that they have won both houses of Congress?

4. a) In how many midterm elections since 1946 has the party controlling the White House lost House seats?
b) What is the average number of seats lost by the president's party in House midterms?

5. a) What was the largest midterm loss in the House for a president's party in the postwar era?
b) Which presidents lost the top 5 greatest number of House seats in a midterm election? List name of president and number of seats lost.

6. Name the presidents with the top 5 number of Senate seats lost in midterms since 1946. List name of president and number of seats lost.

7. How does President Trump's loss in the Senate midterms compare to his first term 2018 midterms?

8. From a post on X by Bill Mitchell: "The GOP Congress squandered an incredible opportunity when the voters gave us TOTAL CONTROL and a mandate in 2024. I blame [Republican Senate Majority Leader John] Thune and his RINO [Republican in Name Only] buddies."
Others blame Trump, the Iran war and gas prices.
Ask a parent: do you agree with Mitchell's assertion or the other reasons? -- Or do you think Democrats had the better policies that let to a resounding victory in both houses of Congress?

CHALLENGE QUESTION: The New York Times reported last week that the Democrats were trying to steal the Alaska senate seat from incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan by recruiting, funding and placing another Dan Sullivan on the ballot to confuse voters into voting for the fake Dan Sullivan.
("Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Midterm Ballot")

• Alaska has ranked choice voting. To get on the ballot, a potential candidate: must be at least 30 years old, be a citizen of the U.S. for at least 9 years and be an inhabitant of Alaska at the time of the election, fill out necessary paperwork and pay a small fee. The top 4 candidates with the most votes in the open primary make it to the ballot in the general election.
• The 4 candidates on the ballot are Democrat Mary Peltola, incumbent Senatory Dan Sullivan, a second Dan Sullivan recruited by Democratic operatives, and conservative Republican Gerald “Jerry” Heikes, who the NY Times reports was recruited by out-of-state operatives to stack the midterm ballot against incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan.

Look up the results of Alaska's senate race (which hasn't been fully tallied as of 10 pm EST on Nov. 4).
a) How many votes does each candidate have?
b) What do you conclude from these results?

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