Next year’s midterm elections would seem to offer Democrats currently out of power a major opportunity: Americans have sharply negative views of the Republican Party and broadly believe GOP lawmakers don’t deserve to be re-elected,

Democrats need a net gain of three House seats to break the GOP’s chokehold on Washington and reestablish a power center to counter Trump. There’s added pressure to flip the House given that midterm Senate contests are concentrated in Republican-leaning states, making it harder for Democrats to reclaim that chamber.