'All of our members who survived Trump being on the ballot with them will survive next year,' the House speaker said.
, with Republicans taking back control of the House in 2010 during his first term. In those midterms, the GOP picked up 63 seats.
In June, the University of Virginia's Center for Politics released an analysis of midterm elections going back to 1946. That report showed that a president in power, on average, loses more than 26 House seats during the midterms. The largest loss has been 64 seats, while the largest gain has been just eight seats.
The analysis showed similar results in the Senate. On average since 1946, the president's party has lost more than three seats in the Senate during the midterms. The biggest loss has been 13 seats, while the largest gain has been just four seats.
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