Composition of the United States Senate 1914-2004

[jasedge2555]

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[farmsc2]

IT would be cool if you updated this!

[notlarrysabato]

Would you consider updating this through 2008?

[erickofspirit]

I don't think this is really accurate. I say this because it shows California changing color in 1990 but if I look back at it right, California didn't have a Senate race then.

[12FlyMe]

Nice work -- but it's almost meaningless, since the party lables changed so much.

Democrats in the South were fiercely anti civil rights, for example, and many Democrat changed to GOP after Civil Rights Act of 64.

Still, a lot of people are too stupid to realize party labels have been all over the place, rendering them meaningless in many respects.

[tiercel76]

It's meaningless... but it's not meaningless?

Anyway... thanks for the comment.

[tdrii0]

Seeking info:

In our history, has there ever been a single part in the presidency with the same party in majority in the House, a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and a Supreme Court split evenly except for the swing vote of a distinguished but super-annuated 89 year-old justice?

[cchanderson]

yes like 12 times

[Burgid7]

I think Allard would've gone down to defeat in 2008 whether or not he kept his promise or not. He barely squeaked through in what was a good GOP year of 2002!

[sugerfunk]

There is an error in your map. In 2004, Colorado had two GOP Senate seats. Although Ben Nighthorse Campbell was first elected as a Democrat, he switch parties in 1995, and you would need to color Colorado red in 2004 for it to match your count on the side. It became "purple" in 2006. And it will be "blue" in 2008! ;-)

[genYprogressive]

I wist that 2008 would be like 1958.

[avengemm9dog]

yes 1958 when every one was striped of thier rights and the nation was in the middle of the communist whitch hunts. Turst me no you dont.

[genYprogressive]

McCarthy was out of office in 1958.

Are you saying that his whitch hunts continued.

Please explain.

[avengemm9dog]

your right, i was a little off. My point was it is very Niaeve to want to live in the past.

[Kyzersawsay]

I take it the music at the end would signal economic growth between 1988-2002?

[tiercel76]

Nah... sorry I like the composition of the senate in 2004 better and would prefer to remember it that way. ; ) Thanks for viewing it

[TGoodman]

haha, very nice.

[dionysius321]

Can you hv an updated map?

[gizmosells]

Notice the midwest flips from GOP to Dem off and on.

[Kyzersawsay]

now its mainly republican. Other then that, 1 party fucks up we go to the other. If that one fucks up we go to the other. Then if that one fucks up we go to the other. Its a cycle of politics.

[Burgid7]

It's not a match between the Dems and Reps. Let's see: The Great Depression, Water Gate, Iran Contra Gate, Sadam Gate, The McCain Keating Scandal, vs Monica in the Oval Office?

[NoisemakerArrow]

Cool. What music was that?

[liberal424242]

it seems as if the louder, more forceful music matches up with the depression, WW2, the 60's, and the late 90's (all turbulent times politically, or for the nation), while the 70's seem tobe quiet and reserved to match stagflation, etc......might just be me though