democrats see opportunity. but the other reason democrats see opportunity here and elsewhere nationally, it is donald trump and what happened while he s been president. we talk about his approval rating, republicans, they go into the midterms, come into this election today with an advantage here in the house, they control the house. we know that. donald trump s approval rating is 38%. what does history tell us about what an approval rating like this could mean for a party in the dterm election. let s take a closerook at the relationship between a president approval rating and how that president s party does in midterm elections. on the one end of it, you have this, these are the presidents who defied history, george w. bush, year after 9/11, 2002, he was at 63% on election day. his party actually gains seats, very, very rare for the president s party to gain seats in a midterm. bill clinton pulled it off, when the million mill monica lewinsk playing out. voters sided with clinton and