Republicans have a midterm problem. Reagan’s American vision is the answer

Now in the autumn of this critical political season, a midterm loss of Congress for Republicans feels inevitable, as the last five midterm elections saw the party in power lose seats in Congress.

This trend goes back even longer than the 2000s. Since 1946, the president’s party has lost seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in 18 of 20 midterm elections (90% of the time).

President Donald Trump ran into this trend in his first term when, in 2018, Republicans lost 41 seats in the House ...