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US Senate Party Stength 1900-2010

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Year US Senate Party Stength 1900 29.86 60.86 9.19 1901 34.41 61.05 4.44 1902 34.41 61.05 4.44 1903 36.63 63.27 0.00 1904 36.63 63.27 0.00 1905 36.63 63.27 0.00 1906 36.63 63.27 0.00 1907 33.66 66.24 0.00 1908 33.66 66.24 0.00 1909 34.37 65.53 0.00 1910 34.37 65.53 0.00 1911 44.52 55.38 0.00 1912 44.52 55.38 0.00 1913 53.07 45.79 1.04 1914 53.07 45.79 1.04 1915 58.28 41.63 0.00 1916 58.28 41.63 0.00 1917 56.19 43.71 0.00 1918 56.19 43.71 0.00 1919 48.91 50.99 0.00 1920 48.91 50.99 0.00 1921 38.50 61.40 0.00 1922 38.50 61.40 0.00 1923 44.75 53.07 2.08 1924 44.75 53.07 2.08 1925 40.58 58.28 1.04 1926 40.58 58.28 1.04 1927 47.87 50.99 1.04 1928 47.87 50.99 1.04 1929 40.58 58.28 1.04 1930 40.58 58.28 1.04 1931 48.91 49.95 1.04 1932 49.95 48.91 1.04 1933 61.40 37.46 1.04 1934 62.44 36.42 1.04 1935 71.80 26.02 2.08 1936 71.80 26.02 2.08 1937 79.09 16.65 4.16 1938 79.09 16.65 4.16 1939 71.80 23.93 4.16 1940 71.80 23.93 4.16 1941 68.68 29.14 2.08 1942 68.68 29.14 2.08 1943 60.36 38.50 1.04 1944 60.36 38.50 1.04 1945 58.89 39.96 1.05 1946 58.89 39.96 1.05 1947 46.83 53.07 0.00 1948 46.83 53.07 0.00 1949 56.19 43.71 0.00 1950 56.19 43.71 0.00 1951 50.99 48.91 0.00 1952 50.99 48.91 0.00 1953 48.91 49.95 1.04 1954 48.91 49.95 1.04 1955 49.95 48.91 1.04 1956 49.95 48.91 1.04 1957 50.99 48.91 0.00 1958 50.99 48.91 0.00 1959 65.24 34.66 0.00 1960 65.24 34.66 0.00 1961 64.94 34.97 0.00 1962 64.94 34.97 0.00 1963 66.93 32.97 0.00 1964 66.93 32.97 0.00 1965 67.93 31.97 0.00 1966 67.93 31.97 0.00 1967 63.94 35.96 0.00 1968 63.94 35.96 0.00 1969 56.94 42.96 0.00 1970 56.94 42.96 0.00 1971 53.95 43.96 2.00 1972 53.95 43.96 2.00 1973 55.94 41.96 2.00 1974 55.94 41.96 2.00 1975 60.55 37.34 2.02 1976 60.55 37.34 2.02 1977 60.94 37.96 1.00 1978 60.94 37.96 1.00 1979 57.94 40.96 1.00 1980 57.94 40.96 1.00 1981 45.95 52.95 1.00 1982 45.95 52.95 1.00 1983 45.95 53.95 0.00 1984 45.95 53.95 0.00 1985 46.95 52.95 0.00 1986 46.95 52.95 0.00 1987 54.95 44.96 0.00 1988 54.95 44.96 0.00 1989 54.95 44.96 0.00 1990 54.95 44.96 0.00 1991 55.94 43.96 0.00 1992 55.94 43.96 0.00 1993 56.94 42.96 0.00 1994 56.94 42.96 0.00 1995 46.95 52.95 0.00 1996 46.95 52.95 0.00 1997 44.96 54.95 0.00 1998 44.96 54.95 0.00 1999 44.96 53.95 1.00 2000 44.96 53.95 1.00 2001 49.95 49.95 0.00 2002 49.95 48.95 1.00 2003 47.95 50.95 1.00 2004 47.95 50.95 1.00 2005 43.96 54.95 1.00 2006 43.96 54.95 1.00 2007 48.95 48.95 2.00 2008 48.95 48.95 2.00 2009 56.94 40.96 2.00 2010 56.94 40.96 2.00

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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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