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House popular vote

Center-Left Nation: Congress Since WWII

by: Paul Rosenberg

Sat Nov 22, 2008 at 17:15

I made an error in a diary last Sunday, "Center Right Nation? Survey Says: Not So Much". I got the total House and Senate popular vote percentages switched. The House GOP total did go over 50% that year. So I wanted to set the record straight with overviews of both chambers. First, since I didn't do this before, here's the Senate:

There were 34 elections during this time.

# of Elections won popular vote:
Dems: 28
Reps: 6
# of Elections over 50%:
Dems: 22
Reps: 2
# of Consecutive elections won popular vote:
Dems: 10
Reps: 1
# of Consecutive Elections over 50%:
Dems: 7
Reps: 1

If these were sports teams, would there be any doubt which one was the dominant power?

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Center Right Nation? Survey Says: Not So Much

by: Paul Rosenberg

Sun Nov 16, 2008 at 09:42

Last time Democrats won 50%+ of the House popular vote:
November 4.

Last time Republicans won 50%+ of the House popular vote:

1946.

Numbers on the flip.

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