The Democratic Party lost approximately one thousand elected seats across federal, state, and local governments during the presidency of Barack Obama

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In the 2026 midterm elections, a Democratic candidate was elected as the first Black senator representing Mississippi since Reconstruction

In the 2026 SSRS midterm exit poll, 74% of surveyed voters identified the Iran war as a crucial or major factor in their vote

In the 2026 Michigan gubernatorial election, Democratic candidate Jocelyn Benson won by 11 percentage points

Senator Chuck Schumer recruited former Senator Sherrod Brown to run as a Democratic candidate in Ohio in the 2026 midterm elections

SSRS conducted exit polling of approximately 80,000 voters for the 2026 United States midterm elections

In the 2026 Michigan Senate election, Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed won by less than 7 percentage points

In 1925, the United States Congress enacted statutory authorization for the construction of Arlington Memorial Bridge connecting Washington, D.C., to Virginia

National Democrats recruited former Representative Tom Suozzi to run for and reclaim his former congressional seat in New York

Vice President J.D. Vance attributed Republican losses in the 2026 midterm elections to Donald Trump's military conflict in Iran

The Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C., formerly housed industrial power plants converting coal into gas in the nineteenth century

In 1973, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) instituted an oil embargo against the United States, causing crude oil prices to quadruple

Coretta Scott King testified before the United States Congress in the 1970s regarding transitioning the United States economy away from wartime defense spending toward a peacetime economy

The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1933, moved the start dates of presidential and congressional terms to January

Anthony Constantino won election to the United States House of Representatives representing New York's 21st congressional district

Republican candidates lost the independent vote by 30 percentage points or more in four major U.S. Senate races during the 2026 midterms

Democrat Josh Turek won election to the U.S. Senate in Iowa in 2026 after receiving support from allies of Chuck Schumer in the primary

Senator J.D. Vance attributed Republican losses in the 2026 midterms to the military conflict with Iran

In June 1979, President Jimmy Carter installed 32 solar panels on the roof of the West Wing of the White House

The National Housing Act of 1934 and the GI Bill of 1944 introduced long-term, fully amortizing, government-backed mortgages that required down payments of 20% or less

Between 1940 and 1960, the United States experienced a major increase in its general fertility rate known as the Baby Boom