Midterm Losses by President's Party, 1934-1996
 
Year
President's Party
House
Senate
1934
D
+9
+10
1938
D
-71
-6
1942
D
-55
-9
1946
D
-55
-12
1950
D
-29
-6
1954
R
-18
-1
1958
R
-47
-3
1962
D
-4
+3
1966
D
-47
-4
1970
R
-12
+2
1974
R
-47
-5
1978
D
-15
-3
1982
R
-26
0
1986
R
-5
-8
1990
R
-9
-1
1994
D
-52
-8
1996
D
+9
-2
Larry Berman, (1991) "The New American Presidency," Little Brown