samcster94
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In OTL, Jimmy Carter held the House in 1978. This rarely happens in midterms, as the other party can rally voters much better in such elections. What would it take for him not to hold the House???
Only three years afire Nixon resigned, the GOP brand was still tainted.
This might be the hinge point samcster is looking for -- an earlier upsurge of credible candidates running as Republicans in the American south.. . . Another thing to remember: in the 1970's (and even the 1980s) even many conservative white southerners who often voted for Republicans in presidential elections voted for conservative Democrats in congressional elections.
This might be the hinge point samcster is looking for -- an earlier upsurge of credible candidates running as Republicans in the American south.
In OTL, Jimmy Carter held the House in 1978. This rarely happens in midterms, as the other party can rally voters much better in such elections. What would it take for him not to hold the House???
It is notable though that 1978 was the last time Democrats 'won' a midterm election with a Democratic President, though Obama and Clinton are a small sample size, but still Democrats haven't been able to have a Democratic President and Democratic Congress for more than 2 years since 1978.
So, if we want a different POD, just accelerate the future forward by sixteen years,. . . 1978 was a completely different era to even 1994, . . .
So, if we want a different POD, just accelerate the future forward by sixteen years,
which I think is difficult but maybe doable.
Thanks, good catch.No it's not and you need to read the thread, particularly the David T posts.
What are you on about? This is not a DBWI in no manner. It is a serious discussion. Thread derailment isn't cool.Thanks, good catch.
Yes, I'm seeing this thread can almost be read as a delicious DBWI. It's assuming it's the norm for the party which wins the presidency to lose control of Congress the next mid-term (which of course is not the case), and then it's asking us to imagine how 1978 might have been different.
Alright, in this double-blind universe, Carter has to have a much more successful presidency! That's just all there is to it. In spite of all his strengths and weaknesses, and in spite of late '70s stagflation and popular uprising in Iran (with us in America arguably on wrong side).