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Posted at 1:30pm on Jun. 3, 2008 Questioning the map-changing Democratic wave
Everything is brand new, just like last time
By Neil Stevens
Were the 2006 Congressional defeats the foreshocks of a map-shifting earthquake in the 2008 election, or were they just the same thing that normally happens in the sixth year of a Presidency?
I have examined the last seven sixth year midterm elections (Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy/Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, Bush) and the losses the President's party lost in both houses of the Congress, and I'm unconvinced that there was anything to learn long-term from the last election.
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