Hard Quote by Hillary Clinton

Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult.

— Tim Kaine

Midterms behave very differently than presidential elections. Midterms, for a federal candidate, often times are a referendum on the president, where in presidential years,…

— Mike Coffman

Midterm elections, by nature, just aren't about the party that's out of power. But presidential years are different.

— Steve Kornacki

As a general rule, midterm elections - in both their first terms and their second terms - aren't kind to incumbent presidents, even popular…

— Steve Kornacki

There are just some things about being president that are difficult.

— Ken Cuccinelli

Presidential leadership is a really tough job, does come not easily.

— Dinesh Sharma

Any president's second term ends up being quite messy. It never goes quite according to plan.

— Armando Iannucci

Second terms in the White House open the way for second thoughts.

— John Lewis Gaddis

So far the changes in the president in his second term have been mainly of a rhetorical nature.

— Brent Scowcroft

It's a hard job to become president.

— Rick Scott

The midterms are a chance for people to vote out those they believe are failing to address the concerns of citizens.

— Julien Baker

Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately.

— Nate Silver