The 2022 midterm elections took place on Tuesday, November 8th in the United States, and are still being decided in many parts of the country. Historically, the president’s party loses in the midterms. And yet this year, Democrats – the party of President Joe Biden – maintained their control of the Senate and may only lose their majority in the House of Representatives by a slim margin. So what happened? In this episode, we speak with political science professor, Daniel Hopkins, about why this year’s midterms were so different than the historical trend and what the next two years might look like in American political life.

Guest:

Daniel Hopkins, Professor of Political Science

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Produced, Narrated, and Edited by Alex Schein
Theme music by Nicholas Escobar, C'18
Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions 
Illustration by Nick Matej
Podcast Logo by Hemani Kapoor

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