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Midterms More or Less quiz: It's Trump v Obama (and Biden, and Bush ...)

ABC News Australia •
November 03, 2026 • 06:30 PM
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Your challenge in today's quiz is to rank these past presidents based on how badly they were punished at the midterms.

Midterms More or Less quiz: It's Trump v Obama (and Biden, and Bush ...)

Guess how Trump's results compare with those of his predecessors.

Presidents always lose at the midterms. Well, almost always.

Your challenge in today's quiz is to rank past presidential performances based on how badly they were punished at the polls. Or, in only a couple of history-defying cases, how many seats their party actually gained .

Source: The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara

Want to test yourself even further?

Take a squiz at the ABC's New Quiz topic page and see if you're a whiz at our previous quizzes.

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