Wave elections (1918-2016)/PDF version
From Ballotpedia
June 19, 2018
By: Rob Oldham and Jacob Smith
How many seats would Republicans have to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election? That's a hard question to answer because there is no official or consensus definition of the term wave election. Read or download the report below to learn about our 100-year analysis of wave elections from 1918 to 2016 and how we define the term wave election.
