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Gold after the 1994 midterm elections

After the 1994 midterm on 8 Nov 1994, gold was 0.3% higher twelve months later, from the November 1994 monthly average of $384 a troy ounce; the president's party, the Democratics, lost the House and the Senate.

Gold, Nov 1994
$384
+3 months
-1.8%
+6 months
+0.3%
+12 months
+0.3%
Silver +12 months
+1.9%
Clinton · D$377$391$405May 1994Feb 1996

In context

Bill Clinton (D) was president.

Three months after the election gold was 1.8% lower, and six months after 0.3% higher.

That year was 13.4 points below the average midterm year (+13.7%).

Silver did better than gold over the same twelve months, +1.9%.

Of the 13 midterms since 1974, the year after 1994 ranks 8th for gold.

Monthly average prices in U.S. dollars per troy ounce (Kitco.com and the World Bank Pink Sheet), from the last full month before a period to its last full month; the record runs Feb 1971 to Oct 2026. What the record did, not a forecast.

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Updated Oct 2026 · record through Oct 2026