This decade has been missing its big-impact midterm
Every other decade over the past hundred years has produced at least one midterm that made a big difference in Congress and in national politics more broadly.
NPR reports: Every other decade over the past hundred years has produced at least one midterm that made a big difference in Congress and in national politics more broadly.
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