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Originally Posted by Riot
You typo'd, I said House, not Senate.
Of course the Dems want to keep seats, just like the GOP wants to win them. The norm after a big presidential is to switch over the legislative branch.
So it's rather notable, that in spite of the past two years of fear mongering: death panel, horrible Communist, Muslim, Socialist, Hitler, ruining our country, take our country back, creation of the Tea Party by the Koch brothers, health care will destroy us meme, resulting in the most endangered Senate Majority leader in ages (Reid) - and the GOP couldn't beat Reid. Or win Delaware. Lost the Alaska seat to a write in.
First time in modern history the "switch" party took only the House back, but couldn't take the Senate.
The lowest amount of House seats won out of the past three "switch" elections.
The President's approval rating may be 44%, but that's higher than Clinton, Bush Two and Reagan at this point in their presidencies. And higher than the Dem party in general, and much higher than the GOP general approval rating.
Yeah, considering what could have been, the Dems lucked out.
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The election that took place two years into Bush's presidency (2002).. The republicans gained 8 seats.
In 2004, the Republicans gained 3 net seats (gained 8, lost 5)
in 2006, the dems gained 31 seats.
in 2008, the dems gained 21 seats
in 2010, the republicans gained 63 seats
to go farther back..
in 2000.. the dems gained 2 seats in the house
1998 - dems gained 5 seats
1996 - dems gained 9 seats
1994 - republicans gained 54 seats
in fact, the 63 seats taken by the GOP in 2010 was the largest gain in any house election since by a single party since 1948, when the dems picked up 75 seats.
They also gained more seats in one election than the Dems gained in the 2006 & 2008 elections combined... when Republican hating was at it's peak.
Therefore, and I'm not being mean to you anymore.. its my post historic election landslide victory promise... but you are so very very wrong about this not being a historic election for the GOP.
Also, they gained 6 out of 37 seats up for grabs in the Senate... a 16% gain.
of the 37 seats:
Republicans won 24
Dems won 13
Repubs would have most likely took Reid's seat and the Deleware one, if they had offered even semi-sane candidates.. but of course you know this, since you started about 74 threads about it prior to the election. But hey... blame goes on the GOP for those two seats.
if all 100 seats were up for grabs (which I of course know is never the case) Repubs easily have control of the senate and possibly a super majority.
so there it is, in plain english, comprised of nothing but facts (except the bottom two paragraphs, which are my opinion)... the historic skull fucl<ing the Dems took on Nov 2, 2010.