Mid-Term Election

Archive Report

Crucial Nature of the 1954 Election

Neck-And-Neck Race for Control of 84Th Congress

Because the party in power almost invariably loses strength in the mid-term congressional election, and because the Republicans have had only slender majorities in the House and Senate of the 83rd Congress, the coming Nov. 2 contest at the polls carries the distinct possibility of throwing control of the 84th Congress to the Democrats. When Maine's voters, balloting in that state's early election on Sept. 13, returned a Democratic governor for the first time in 20 years and substantially reduced the pluralities of Maine's normally Republican congressional delegation, reports of a nation-wide Democratic trend gained fresh attention.

Vice President Nixon has described the November election as “a horse race … it could go either ...

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