rushmc 23 #1 October 30, 2006 Again on average, how many seats have been lost by the party in power, since WW2 during and off cycle election??? Thought this should be put out there before the chest pounders call any (if any) changes a sweep, message or any other BS before the election. Anybody got the number??"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #2 October 30, 2006 QuoteAgain on average, how many seats have been lost by the party in power, since WW2 during and off cycle election??? Thought this should be put out there before the chest pounders call any (if any) changes a sweep, message or any other BS before the election. Anybody got the number??Who fuckin cares? We'll see what the machines and the courts say in the next coming monthsI hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #3 October 30, 2006 QuoteAgain on average, how many seats have been lost by the party in power, since WW2 during and off cycle election??? Thought this should be put out there before the chest pounders call any (if any) changes a sweep, message or any other BS before the election. Anybody got the number?? If you're so interested, why don't YOU do the work?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #4 October 30, 2006 Here's the House breakdowns 80th Congress - 1947-1948 246 Republicans 188 Democrats 1 American-Labor 81st Congress - 1949-1951 - Dems seize control 263 Democrats 171 Republicans 1 American-Labor 82nd Congress - 1951-1952 235 Democrats 199 Republicans 1 Independent 83rd Congress - 1953-54 - GOP retakes 221 Republicans 213 Democrats 1 Independent 84th Congress - 1955-56 - Dems retake for next 232 Democrats 203 Republicans 85th - 1957-58 Democrats 234 Republicans 201 86th - 1959-61 - Dems build huge lead 287 Democrats 160 Republicans 87th - 1961-62 255 Democrat 172 Republicans 88th - 1963-64 (the election was pretty amazing because of the drop in extremist politics and the desire for less welfare work and more fighting Communism) 259 Democrats 176 Republicans 89th - 1965-66 (this was the liberal landslide of 64 - the Dem equivalent to the repub 94 elections, and the 12:01 a.m. on the day that the Great Society experiment began) 294 - Democrats 139 Republicans 90th - 1967-69 247 Democrats 187 Republicans 91st - 1969-71 243 Democrats 192 Republicans 92nd - 1971-72 255 Democrats 180 Republicans 93rd - 1973-1974 243 Democrats 192 Republicans 94th - 1975-1976 (the post-Nixon cataclysmic landslide against Republicans) 291 Democrats 144 Republicans 95th - 1977-1978 292 Democrats 143 Republicans 96th - 1979-1980 (big corruption Congress) 97th - 1981-1982 244 Democrat 191 Republican 98th - 1983-84 272 Democrats 163 Republicam 99th - 1985-86 253 Democrats 182 Republicans 100th - 1987-88 258 Democrats 177 Republican 101st - 1989-1990 261 Democrats 174 Republicans 102nd - 1991-1992 270 Democrats 164 Republicans 1 Independent 103rd - 1993-1994 258 Democrats 176 republicans 1 Independent 104th - 1995-96 (the Republican landslide - first Republican House since 1954) 230 Republicans 204 Democrats 1 Independent 105th - 1997-98 228 Republicans 206 Democrats 1 Independent 106th - 1999-2000 (The Impeachment) 223 Republicans 211 Democrats 1 Independent 107th - 2001-02 221 Republicans 212 Democrats 2 Independents (one righty, one lefty) 108th - 2003-04 229 Republicans 204 Democrats 1 Independent 109th - 2005-06 (present) 230 Republicans 201 Democrats 1 Independent 3 Vacancies My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #5 October 30, 2006 44 I already had"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenfly00 0 #6 October 31, 2006 QuoteAgain on average, how many seats have been lost by the party in power, since WW2 during and off cycle election??? Thought this should be put out there before the chest pounders call any (if any) changes a sweep, message or any other BS before the election. Anybody got the number?? Wow, a preemtive snivel. ----------------------- "O brave new world that has such people in it". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #7 October 31, 2006 QuoteQuoteAgain on average, how many seats have been lost by the party in power, since WW2 during and off cycle election??? Thought this should be put out there before the chest pounders call any (if any) changes a sweep, message or any other BS before the election. Anybody got the number?? Wow, a preemtive snivel. Thanks! I needed that"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #8 October 31, 2006 Quote44 I already had Perhaps you should have had someone check your work. Using Lawrocket's numbers (and looking elsewhere for the 96th Congress...it was 277-D and 158-R), you'll see that seat changes by the controlling party during off-cycle elections were as follows. -28 +19 +53 +4 -47 +12 +48 -15 +28 +5 +9 -54 -5 +8 My calculator yields an average gain in the house of 2.64 seats by the controlling party during off-cycle elections. You'll have to come up with an awful lot of senators to swing that average to -44. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #9 October 31, 2006 who said senators"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #10 October 31, 2006 Quotewho said senators The numbers above are only House seats, and don't include Senate seats. I was being generous by acknowledging the possibility of some swing by the upper house. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
