Does the U.S. have a "natural governing" party?

[politicallefty]

I don't think we have a natural governing party right now, but I do think you can mark two eras of natural governance. In the US, I think you have to look largely at the domestic sphere, and in that respect domestic politics are largely fought along the terms of whoever controls the House. I have to imagine that's due to the more hierarchical nature of the House and the power of the Speaker as a singular voice.

I think the most significant era and one of marked natural governance was Democrats coming to power in light of the Great Depression. I would argue that they were the natural governing party of this country from then until the Republican Revolution of 1994. You really have to look at the domestic agenda. During that time period, apart from a couple pieces of legislation, domestic policy was set by the Democratic House. Not everything they wanted was achieve of course, but that's true of most governing parties. Even the Reagan years failed to finally achieve what Republicans wanted and finally got with the 1994 landslide: welfare reform.

I don't think we've had a natural governing party since then. Like most, I think this current recent era is very volatile.