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In reply to the discussion: Yes, the Democratic Party is at nearly its weakest point in a century [View all]karynnj
(59,503 posts)Even now, they are not as far above 50% as we were in the late 30s, briefly in the 60s and 70s. What is interesting is that unlike the governorships and state Senates, the US House, Senate, and the state houses are already starting to trend back towards 50%.
It is also something that people who blamed Obama's personality or political skill dealing with Congress for not achieving what LBJ did should look at. Even in the first two years when Democrats were higher than they were and would be in the later 6 years he never had anything near the level of Democratic control LBJ or FDR had.
In addition, it really does show that the political trends over the last several years were pretty strong and it is almost an understatement that we were too comfortable, happy with the Obamas in the White House.