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Journal eglamkowski's Journal: Extended analysis 4

So I took the data from the spreadsheet I did yesterday and extended it back to 1933, the year FDR took the reigns. It makes the fall of the democrats even more dramatic to take it back that far :-p

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/hdigames/files/Miscellaneous/
govanalysis.xls

Democrats have controlled the senate for 27 sessions of Congress vs. republicans controlling it 10 times.

Democrats have controlled the house 29 times vs. republicans controlling it 8 times.

Democrats have controlled the presidency through 19 sessions of congress vs. 18 times for republicans.

Democrats have controlled all three through 15 sessions of congress, while republicans have controlled all three only 4 times, including the 107th where it was the 50-50 split of the senate and not a genuine majority.

The extended analysis to 1933 really makes the fall of the democrats stand out much more starkly than just going back to 1959 :-p

The largest democrat advantage in the senate was a whopping 60 seats (76 to 16 during the 75th congress) with an average advantage of 21. The strongest republican advantage was 11, with an average of 7.

The largest democrat advantage in the house was a staggering 246 seats (also in the 75th congress, being 334 to 88), with an average advantage of 96 seats. The largest republican advantage was 58, with an average of 24.

That 75th congress, BTW, was also an FDR presidency. You democrats may think you got trounced this year, but what happened in 2004 doesn't hold a candle to what happened to the republicans in 1936.

Talking being able to dish it out but not being able to take it :-p

(Well, some of you here have been quite reasonable about what happened, but there are many out there who haven't been and this is directed towards those others)

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