2008 Is Looking A Lot Like 1992

Red State’s Brad Smith has an excellent breakdown comparison of what happened in Tuesday’s election and how similarly it lays out to the Clinton-Congress wins of 1992.

Surprisingly Senate, House, and even Governor counts are nearly identical to sixteen years ago. The big take away is that we’ve been here before and it’s made us come back even stronger than before.

After the 1992 election, the Democrats held a 56-44 edge in senate seats. After 2008, including the two independents (Lieberman and Sanders) who caucus Democrat, and assuming Republican margins in Alaska, Oregon, Georgia and Minnesota hold, the Democrats will hold a 56-44 edge in the Senate.

After the 1992 election, the Democrats held a 259-176 edge in the House. After 2008, it currently looks like the Democrats will hold about 252 seats in the House – there are a few races still hanging that could add a couple more seats to their margin.

After the 1992 election, the Democrats held a 27-21 advantage in governorships, with 2 liberal independents. After the 2008 elections, the Democrats hold a 29-21 edge in governorships.

We have two years to regroup and refocus then press on with a plan to rescue America unprotected by checks and balances.

Read the rest of Smith’s analysis here.

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