[OC] Since Democrats and Republicans became the dominant two parties in the United States (1856), there have been 12 midterm elections that resulted in the House of Representatives switching control from one party to the other (7 for Democrats, 5 for Republicans).Submitted by NarcissusLovesEcho t3_yrneph in dataisbeautiful
NarcissusLovesEcho OP t1_ivutti6 wrote
Reply to comment by mfahsr in [OC] Since Democrats and Republicans became the dominant two parties in the United States (1856), there have been 12 midterm elections that resulted in the House of Representatives switching control from one party to the other (7 for Democrats, 5 for Republicans). by NarcissusLovesEcho
that's right. elephant = republican takeover; donkey = democrat takeover. i should have added that as a legend.
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