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2022 Midterm Elections Overview
Paul Sracic
Professor of Politics and International Relations
Youngstown State University
Why does the “Party in
Power” do so poorly in
House Midterm Elections?
• Surge and Decline
• Coattails
• Presidential
Penalty/Referendum
Explanations
Surge and Decline
“weak partisans”
stay home
during Midterms
Missing Voters in Midterm
Voting Eligible Population (VEP): 239,247,182
Roughly 48 million voters (20%) missing from 2020
-Larger than population of California
-3.5X’s the population of Tokyo
[Note: Roughly 10 million (4%) voters missing from 2018]
Voters by Party Affiliation 2022 (2020)
Democrats: 33% (37%)
Republicans: 36% (36%)
Independents: 31% (26%)
Coattails
Presidential party
“overperforms” in
prior election due to
“presidential coattails”
2020 U.S. House of Representatives Election
Democrats Republicans
2020 House Elections
Seats gained by Out-of-Power Party gain
where party began with more than 210
seats
2022: (?)
2014: +13
2002: -8
1998: -5
1990: +8
1986: +5
1982: +26
Presidential Penalty/Referendum
“Negative Voting”
Presidential disapproval
motivates voters more
than approval.
-Some voters want to
“balance” presidential
power.
Voters are evaluating
economic conditions and
whether they approve of
the president. This
nationalizes elections.
Presidential Approval
• Referendum on whose
performance?
Candidate Quality
Washington CD 3 [R+5]
Incumbent, Jaime Herrera Beutler
- Republican
Pennsylvania and Ohio
020
versus
2022
020
versus
2022
020
versus
2022
OHIO
2012 President 2022 Senate
Ohio 2020 versus 2022
Ohio 2020 versus 2022
Ohio 2020 versus 2022
Ohio 2020 versus 2022
In 2018 midterms, 77 percent of Asian-Americans had voted for House Democratic candidates
Asian American Vote
2024
• Senate
• Bad “map” for Democrats in the Senate
• 23/33 seats held by Democrats
• Assuming 51D-49R in 2022
• Democrats start with 28 Seats
• Republicans start with 39 Seats
2024 Presidential Candidates?
Republicans
• Trump
• DeSantis
• Pence
• Pompeo
• Scott
• Haley
• Hogan
Democrats
• Biden
• Harris
• Buttigieg
• Newsom
• Warren
• Klobuchar
2024 Map?
2024 Map?
2022 Midterm Elections Overview
Paul Sracic
Professor of Politics and International Relations
Youngstown State University

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