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US House of Representatives Party Strength 1900-2010

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Year US House of Representatives Party Strength 1900 45.61 51.77 2.52 1901 42.25 55.13 2.52 1902 42.25 55.13 2.52 1903 46.07 53.83 0.00 1904 46.07 53.83 0.00 1905 35.20 64.70 0.00 1906 35.20 64.70 0.00 1907 42.44 57.46 0.00 1908 42.44 57.46 0.00 1909 43.95 55.95 0.00 1910 43.95 55.95 0.00 1911 58.40 41.24 0.26 1912 58.40 41.24 0.26 1913 66.83 29.17 3.90 1914 66.83 29.17 3.90 1915 52.82 45.01 2.07 1916 52.82 45.01 2.07 1917 49.95 48.56 1.39 1918 49.95 48.56 1.39 1919 43.84 55.37 0.69 1920 43.84 55.37 0.69 1921 30.22 69.45 0.23 1922 30.22 69.45 0.23 1923 47.08 51.67 1.15 1924 47.08 51.67 1.15 1925 42.12 56.86 0.92 1926 42.12 56.86 0.92 1927 44.78 54.43 0.69 1928 44.78 54.43 0.69 1929 37.66 62.01 0.23 1930 37.66 62.01 0.23 1931 49.84 49.84 0.23 1932 50.75 48.92 0.23 1933 71.88 26.87 1.15 1934 71.65 25.72 2.53 1935 73.95 23.65 2.30 1936 73.95 23.65 2.30 1937 76.70 20.21 2.99 1938 76.70 20.21 2.99 1939 60.17 38.81 0.92 1940 60.17 38.81 0.92 1941 61.55 37.20 1.15 1942 61.55 37.20 1.15 1943 50.65 48.32 0.93 1944 50.65 48.32 0.93 1945 55.70 43.74 0.46 1946 55.70 43.74 0.46 1947 43.27 56.40 0.23 1948 43.27 56.40 0.23 1949 60.40 39.27 0.23 1950 60.40 39.27 0.23 1951 53.86 45.81 0.23 1952 53.86 45.81 0.23 1953 48.68 50.99 0.23 1954 48.68 50.99 0.23 1955 53.28 46.62 0.00 1956 53.28 46.62 0.00 1957 53.76 46.14 0.00 1958 53.76 46.14 0.00 1959 64.84 35.06 0.00 1960 64.84 35.06 0.00 1961 60.12 39.78 0.00 1962 60.12 39.78 0.00 1963 59.25 40.65 0.00 1964 59.25 40.65 0.00 1965 67.75 32.15 0.00 1966 67.75 32.15 0.00 1967 56.86 43.04 0.00 1968 56.86 43.04 0.00 1969 56.40 43.50 0.00 1970 56.40 43.50 0.00 1971 58.47 41.43 0.00 1972 58.47 41.43 0.00 1973 55.27 44.40 0.23 1974 55.27 44.40 0.23 1975 66.83 33.07 0.00 1976 66.83 33.07 0.00 1977 67.06 32.84 0.00 1978 67.06 32.84 0.00 1979 63.68 36.22 0.00 1980 63.68 36.22 0.00 1981 55.81 44.09 0.00 1982 55.81 44.09 0.00 1983 61.92 37.98 0.00 1984 61.92 37.98 0.00 1985 58.01 41.89 0.00 1986 58.01 41.89 0.00 1987 59.25 40.65 0.00 1988 59.25 40.65 0.00 1989 59.76 40.14 0.00 1990 59.76 40.14 0.00 1991 61.32 38.35 0.23 1992 61.32 38.35 0.23 1993 59.25 40.42 0.23 1994 59.25 40.42 0.23 1995 46.96 52.94 0.00 1996 46.96 52.94 0.00 1997 47.65 52.25 0.00 1998 47.65 52.25 0.00 1999 48.69 50.98 0.23 2000 48.69 50.98 0.23 2001 48.69 50.75 0.46 2002 48.69 50.75 0.46 2003 47.07 52.83 0.00 2004 47.07 52.83 0.00 2005 46.50 53.40 0.00 2006 46.50 53.40 0.00 2007 53.51 46.39 0.00 2008 53.51 46.39 0.00 2009 59.02 40.88 0.00 2010 59.02 40.88 0.00

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1929-1939: “A Decade that will live — in stupidity.”

Why Stuck on Stupid?

Seventy years ago the leaders of both US political parties turned away from the policies that had created an economic powerhouse we call the Roaring Twenties. For ten long years Americans suffered through wrenching economic dislocations: deflation, inflation, a four-year economic contraction, endless unemployment, mindless political experiments, and ruthless attacks on businessmen for political gain as their leaders stayed Stuck on Stupid.

Today, after a twenty-five year economic boom, Americans are once more faced with a political elite that wants to monkey with success. It wants to raise tax rates. It wants to restrict trade. It wants to increase government power.

It’s time to look back and remind ourselves how it came to be, starting in 1929, that America got itself Stuck on Stupid. Otherwise it could happen again.

 — Christopher Chantrill

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