During the 2018 midterm election, President Trump's party, the Republicans, lost 40 seats in the House of Representatives and gained two seats in the U.S. Senate. At the subsequent midterm election in 2022, Joe Biden's party lost nine seats in the House, but picked up a seat in the Senate.
Change in Congressional seats of the president's party in the midterm elections from 1934 to 2022
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American Presidency Project. (December 6, 2022). Change in Congressional seats of the president's party in the midterm elections from 1934 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/923906/change-congressional-seats-presidents-party-midterm-elections/
American Presidency Project. "Change in Congressional seats of the president's party in the midterm elections from 1934 to 2022." Chart. December 6, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/923906/change-congressional-seats-presidents-party-midterm-elections/
American Presidency Project. (2022). Change in Congressional seats of the president's party in the midterm elections from 1934 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/923906/change-congressional-seats-presidents-party-midterm-elections/
American Presidency Project. "Change in Congressional Seats of The President's Party in The Midterm Elections from 1934 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/923906/change-congressional-seats-presidents-party-midterm-elections/
American Presidency Project, Change in Congressional seats of the president's party in the midterm elections from 1934 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/923906/change-congressional-seats-presidents-party-midterm-elections/ (last visited May 13, 2024)
Change in Congressional seats of the president's party in the midterm elections from 1934 to 2022 [Graph], American Presidency Project, December 6, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/923906/change-congressional-seats-presidents-party-midterm-elections/