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> Yet each party still controlled the government around half of the time, because the Republicans took the North. That is not correct. Counting the House, the
by OrvalWintermute 5y ago
> Yet each party still controlled the government around half of the time, because the Republicans took the North.
That is not correct.
Counting the House, the Senate, and the Presidency individually:
Republicans had control of 52 time periods, compared to the Democrats 23.
Based on a starting point & ending of the following:
44th (1875–1877)
45th (1877–1879)
46th (1879–1881)
47th (1881–1883)
48th (1883–1885)
49th (1885–1887)
50th (1887–1889)
51st (1889–1891)
52nd (1891–1893)
53rd (1893–1895)
54th (1895–1897)
55th (1897–1899)
56th (1899–1901)
57th (1901–1903)
58th (1903–1905)
59th (1905–1907)
60th (1907–1909)
61st (1909–1911)
62nd (1911–1913)
63rd (1913–1915)
64th (1915–1917)
65th (1917–1919)
66th (1919–1921)
67th (1921–1923)
68th (1923–1925)
69th (1925–1927)
- AnthonyMouse 5y agoSure, elections aren't that frequent and then you get large variation because the sample size is small. Notice that your stopping point is just before FDR and Truman (both Democrats) held the Presidency for 20 years straight, which was still before the South stopped going for the Democrats.