[OC] Since Democrats and Republicans became the dominant two parties in the United States (1856), there have been 12 midterm elections that resulted in the House of Representatives switching control from one party to the other (7 for Democrats, 5 for Republicans).Submitted by NarcissusLovesEcho t3_yrneph in dataisbeautiful
mfahsr t1_ivup9qx wrote
What symbol goes for what switch though? You say 5 for republicans, I'm guessing that's republicans winning the house from the dems?
NarcissusLovesEcho OP t1_ivutti6 wrote
that's right. elephant = republican takeover; donkey = democrat takeover. i should have added that as a legend.
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