Turns out that Congress has not always changed after the following midterm elections. In last hundred years, 1902, 1906, 1914, 1922, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1938, 1942, 1950, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990 and 1998 there were no changes - that's 19 mid-terms.

Only six mid-terms changed Congress in the past 100 years. This "wisdom" the Congress flips has only been in the last 30 years. When the Washington press and pundits corps talk about history working against the Democrats, they mean history going back about 30 years. This period too will end at some point, just as similar periods ended.

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