DS0816
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« on: November 28, 2010, 06:58:18 AM » |
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« edited: November 28, 2010, 07:03:13 AM by DS0816 »
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Since the 17th Amendment was adopted in 1913, one only one commander in chief -- elected to at least two terms -- retained same-party majorities in Congress throughout his entire presidency: Franklin Roosevelt.
Woodrow Wilson lost the House and Senate in 1918. Dwight Eisenhower lost both in 1954. Richard Nixon never had same-party control of either house but suffered losses in 1970 and, after resigning, 1974. Ronald Reagan lost the Senate in 1986. Clinton did the same thing as Ike -- lost both in his Year 2, 1994. And George W. Bush lost twice: in the 2001 Senate, with Jim Jeffords (R-Vermont) leaving the 50-50 Senate to caucus with (and turn over majority control to) the Democrats; in 2006, with both houses.
Here's the voting pattern, for the most part, in our elections during the past 100 years: Turn over the White House to a party pickup president. Then watch the party flipped out of the White House come back for vengeance in midterms. Read and listen to people try and merge midterms with presidentials. Watch party pickup president win re-election.
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