(March 14, 2018 at 11:59 am)Aegon Wrote:(March 14, 2018 at 11:49 am)Brian37 Wrote: Not when you look at the balance of power of all three branches since Reagan.
The GOP ON AVERAGE since Reagan, have held more power when it comes to the House and Senate and SCOTUS. The GOP nationwide also has more state governorships in that time on average.
It does no good to flip one house of congress or even both if we lose in another 2 or 4 years. The GOP thinks long term and nationwide and that is why they have held a longer average overall.
It is not as equal as your post would imply. It isn't just a matter of flipping seats, it is also a matter of gaining and keeping seats long term. It is also a matter of paying attention to all elections local, state and not just congress or presidential.
Look at the history of midterm elections. Congress is literally always majority held by the opposing party (not the presidents party), even post-Reagan. If not in their first term certainly by their second. When a new president comes in of a different party it flips. This will most likely to continue to be true this November. That's what I was saying.
You're missing my point. That may be true, but is misleading.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidents...f_Congress
Look at the overall picture between the END of WW2 and how power had shifted after 1980. Dems had a majority control on average under Reagan, but because of Reagan's union busting, deregulation, and "don't tax the rich", that domino lead to the swing.
You look at all the blue during the POST WW2 boom, vs the majority Red ON AVERAGE we have seen for decades now.
That chart in the article clearly shows that the same economic conservative policies lead to the great depression AND Bush's great recession. Reagan simply started that strategy again.
