{"id":4824,"date":"2022-09-13T09:39:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T13:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=4824"},"modified":"2022-09-13T09:40:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T13:40:01","slug":"to-win-more-seats-in-congress-the-gop-must-rethink-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/to-win-more-seats-in-congress-the-gop-must-rethink-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"To win more seats in Congress, the GOP must rethink primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"2851\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/five-reasons-why-you-cant-judge-a-congress-by-counting-laws\/the-hill-newspaper\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"850,315\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Hill Newspaper\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper-300x111.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper.jpg 850w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost inevitably, the president\u2019s party loses congressional seats during a midterm. Between 1934 and 2018, there were\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/statistics\/data\/seats-congress-gainedlost-the-presidents-party-mid-term-elections\" target=\"_blank\">22 of these elections<\/a>\u00a0and the incumbent party shed House seats in 19 of the 22 and Senate seats in 16 of them. The\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/analyses\/the-2022-midterm-elections-what-the-historical-data-suggest\" target=\"_blank\">average loss<\/a>\u00a0per chamber was 28 in the House and 4 in the Senate&#8230;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/campaign\/3640156-to-win-more-seats-in-congress-the-gop-must-rethink-primaries\/\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost inevitably, the president\u2019s party loses congressional seats during a midterm. Between 1934 and 2018, there were\u00a022 of these elections\u00a0and the incumbent party shed House seats in 19 of the 22 and Senate seats in 16 of them. The\u00a0average loss\u00a0per chamber was 28 in the House and 4 in the Senate&#8230;. 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