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Scribbler1 · Nov 6, 2004, 11:21 am

I've always suspected this was the plan from the beginning. There have been fairly lackluster elections in the past where you can sort of expect the votes to be close and not too many people cared all that much.
I've mentioned this before but it bears repeating. I have noticed that regardless of how far the social pendulum swings, both major parties ALWAYS seem to keep around 50% of government control. Some years it appears the overwhelming majority of Americans swing conservative and you would think national representation would be around 70-30% in favor of the Republicans. Or the years when more people seem to be liberal the numbers should look the opposite, yet it NEVER changes. The biggest "majority" you usually see is maybe 2-3 seats in the Senate regardless of the makeup of the population. Sometimes the U.S. looks like a different country when comparing it to say, 10 years previous, yet the amount of control both parties keep remains the same although they are "supposedly" worlds apart in philosophy.

It always stays close enough for any party to blame the other for anything wrong in government. How many times have you heard "such-and-such is a mess, but the president INHERITED that from the last guy?"

Unless something is rigged to fool us into thinking this is how it should really be, there is NO WAY one party should keep about 50% regardless of the mindset of the people every single time. I think this last election is an example of that. 2000 doesn't count as neither man had been president and had no actual record. THIS time, however, you have republicans (uncharacteristically) critical of Bush and a lot of them saying publicly they will not vote for him. Then you have Democrats voting the party line as well as a lot of independants saying they were against Bush. Add to that the large number of newly registered or usually apathetic non-voters who boosted the total to almost record numbers of voters this year.
It strikes me as odd that the last group seem to have come out about 50% either way, making the overall outcome STILL about 50-50.

It seem to me that if Old Scratch himself ran for president next time, although he would lose, it would be by about 3-4 percentage points!

Nov 6, 2004, 11:21 am	#2 (permalink) (top)
Scribbler1 Skeptical Patriot Posts: 7,832	I've always suspected this was the plan from the beginning. There have been fairly lackluster elections in the past where you can sort of expect the votes to be close and not too many people cared all that much. I've mentioned this before but it bears repeating. I have noticed that regardless of how far the social pendulum swings, both major parties ALWAYS seem to keep around 50% of government control. Some years it appears the overwhelming majority of Americans swing conservative and you would think national representation would be around 70-30% in favor of the Republicans. Or the years when more people seem to be liberal the numbers should look the opposite, yet it NEVER changes. The biggest "majority" you usually see is maybe 2-3 seats in the Senate regardless of the makeup of the population. Sometimes the U.S. looks like a different country when comparing it to say, 10 years previous, yet the amount of control both parties keep remains the same although they are "supposedly" worlds apart in philosophy. It always stays close enough for any party to blame the other for anything wrong in government. How many times have you heard "such-and-such is a mess, but the president INHERITED that from the last guy?" Unless something is rigged to fool us into thinking this is how it should really be, there is NO WAY one party should keep about 50% regardless of the mindset of the people every single time. I think this last election is an example of that. 2000 doesn't count as neither man had been president and had no actual record. THIS time, however, you have republicans (uncharacteristically) critical of Bush and a lot of them saying publicly they will not vote for him. Then you have Democrats voting the party line as well as a lot of independants saying they were against Bush. Add to that the large number of newly registered or usually apathetic non-voters who boosted the total to almost record numbers of voters this year. It strikes me as odd that the last group seem to have come out about 50% either way, making the overall outcome STILL about 50-50. It seem to me that if Old Scratch himself ran for president next time, although he would lose, it would be by about 3-4 percentage points! Not a day goes by that I don't see something that reinforces my belief that people are idiots.