← Back to context Comment by dmichulke 8 days ago Since 1993 there were 20 blue years and 12 red years.Why wasn't it fixed? 2 comments dmichulke Reply dragonwriter 8 days ago Those were mostly purple years; the United States isn't—at least, when functioning approximately according the the Constitutional rules, which has suddenly become an important qualifier—a unitary executive dictatorship. snozolli 8 days ago Because presidents didn't used to act like kings. It's extremely common for the House and/or Senate to swing opposite the President:https://history.house.gov/Institution/Presidents-Coinciding/...There's also the problem of Democrats being absolutely terrible at organizing and uniting.
dragonwriter 8 days ago Those were mostly purple years; the United States isn't—at least, when functioning approximately according the the Constitutional rules, which has suddenly become an important qualifier—a unitary executive dictatorship.
snozolli 8 days ago Because presidents didn't used to act like kings. It's extremely common for the House and/or Senate to swing opposite the President:https://history.house.gov/Institution/Presidents-Coinciding/...There's also the problem of Democrats being absolutely terrible at organizing and uniting.
Those were mostly purple years; the United States isn't—at least, when functioning approximately according the the Constitutional rules, which has suddenly become an important qualifier—a unitary executive dictatorship.
Because presidents didn't used to act like kings. It's extremely common for the House and/or Senate to swing opposite the President:
https://history.house.gov/Institution/Presidents-Coinciding/...
There's also the problem of Democrats being absolutely terrible at organizing and uniting.