Doing the Midterm Shuffle | The Presidency
Whistlestop: Presidential History and Trivia
Slate Podcasts
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2018
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
This episode of Whistlestop visits 1982, 1986, 1994, 2006 and 2010 when former sitting U.S. Presidents all scrambled to respond to displeasing midterm election results.
Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hosted by Political Gabfest host John Dickerson, each installment will revisit memorable moments from America's presidential carnival.
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| 0:20.0 | Hello and welcome to Whistlestop, a podcast of the presidency, I'm John Dickerson. |
| 0:29.0 | Our whistle stop today is Election Day, |
| 0:31.0 | November 2, 4, 8, 7 and 2 in the years 1982, 86, 1994, 2006 and 2010. |
| 0:40.0 | It's a special Daisy Chain episode of Whistle Stop. |
| 0:43.9 | We're looking at the midterm campaigns |
| 0:45.8 | in the recent past as a referendum |
| 0:48.2 | on the incumbent president. |
| 0:50.2 | Why are we doing this? |
| 0:51.5 | Well, we're on the eve of an election here in the year of 2018, |
| 0:55.0 | also known as the year of a future whistle stop. |
| 0:58.0 | Already more than $5 billion has been spent on this election according to the center for responsive |
| 1:04.1 | politics a record twice what was spent on congressional races in 2008. |
| 1:09.7 | Control of the House hangs in the balance with Democrats trying to regain control after they lost the People's Chamber in 2010. |
| 1:17.0 | They have considerable advantages, an astounding 112 Democrats, outraised Republican opponents in Republican held seats between July and September of 2018, |
| 1:28.0 | according to the Cook political reports David Wasserman. |
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