I see it as a takover of a failing company. Before Trump the GOP lost two elections to a huckster conman and before that we had Dubya for two terms. The GOP has been messed up for a long time and needed a shakeout.
Really?
Democrats lost over 1,000 seats under Obama
Published December 27, 2016
Fox News
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But 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue wasn’t the only locale to see a big partisan change since Obama took office in January 2009, according to figures from
Ballotpedia.
Democratic U.S. Senate seats fell from 55 to 46. Their share of the House plummeted from 256 seats to 194. Republicans still control both chambers going into the next session.
Democratic governerships also became a rarity during this eight-year period, slipping from 28 to 16.
The Obama years, which saw the rise of the Tea Party as well as a new movement form around Trump that is still being defined, coincided with a loss of 958 state legislative seats for Democrats.
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Democrats lost over 1,000 seats under Obama