[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
skodaddy426 t1_ivv2ont wrote
What happened in 1894 to cause such a big flip?
NarcissusLovesEcho OP t1_ivvc72g wrote
A lot of different things, including a full-blown economic depression, basically caused Grover Cleveland's presidency and the Democratic party to completely collapse across the country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections
skodaddy426 t1_ivvhpik wrote
Interesting. Thank you
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