Democrats lost over 1,000 seats under Obama



While Obama’s tireless campaigning, broad demographic appeal and message of “hope” and “change” helped propel him to two terms in the White House, his skills on the stump haven’t translated down the ballot.

The Democratic Party suffered huge losses at every level during Obama’s West Wing tenure.

The grand total: a net loss of 1,042 state and federal Democratic posts, including congressional and state legislative seats, governorships and the presidency.

The latter was perhaps the most profound example of Obama's popularity failing to translate to support for his allies. Hillary Clinton, who served as secretary of state under Obama, brought the first family out for numerous campaign appearances. In September, Obama declared that his “legacy’s on the ballot.”

Less than two months later, Americans voted for Donald Trump.

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.

Still, Obama said in an interview which aired Monday that, if he were allowed to run for a third term, he would have been victorious.


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HoodahThunkit?
Quite a Legacy!

He'll be remembered like a stale fart.

Democrats lost over 1,000 seats under Obama

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yes, and 2 times that amount lost their "stool" when Trump won ;)

Bush the Worst was BOOOED ... off stage after his 8 year when the Prince of Peace was sworn in.

Now .. it is 8 years later and Mr. Popular Coat Tails maybe he get BOOOED as well.

Let's see.

an Epic Trouncing,talked about for Generations to come!

i bet $1 abama should spending days visting the bush some day by some meaning......policy goes by people ~~~~ nar illusion......still holping that jackson nar suicided........

Hahaha ... Bush the Worse and Obamabush Double Down the Worst .. they can paint each other's toenails.

nop......bush should have respecting......because some bad *** moves is because of his father bush the old......he is professional to handle world wild conflic but not how to handle an angry dad......other wise the terror war should be over now......obama just another person want to getting over all of these suffer as soon as posible....so then? you've haven smell those mob scence over the whole south eastern asia......old one....that's realy horrible.....just like the brexit.......people getting nothing about it but full of ambient ....... like kind of eve of WW3...and hot like the edge of sun....damn~~~~~~~~

Hey Nailcap, don't people over on your side get the firing squad just for Jaywalking?

well that is change is it not hehehehe