Congress Make-Up
from Year 1855-to-Present
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| StartYear | EndYear | Congress | Re-Election | Party Seat |
| # | Rate | Retention Rate | ||
| 1989 | 1991 | 101 | 90.1% | 99.6% |
| 1991 | 1993 | 102 | 87.7% | 98.3% |
| 1993 | 1995 | 103 | 73.6% | 98.1% |
| 1995 | 1997 | 104 | 79.8% | 88.2% |
| 1997 | 1999 | 105 | 77.4% | 98.7% |
| 1999 | 2001 | 106 | 89.9% | 99.3% |
| 2001 | 2003 | 107 | 88.2% | 98.7% |
| 2003 | 2005 | 108 | 87.9% | 98.1% |
| 2005 | 2007 | 109 | 88.6% | 98.7% |
| 2007 | 2009 | 110 | 84.9% | 93.1% |
| AVERAGE= | 84.8% | 97.1% |
Average Party Seat Retention rate for last election:
07-Nov-2006: 93.1%
Average Party Seat Retention rate between 2000 and 2006: 97.6%
Average Party Seat Retention rate between 1996 and 2006: 96.4%
Average Party Seat Retention rate between 1980 and 2006:
96.5%
Average Party Seat Retention rate between 1855 and 2006: 91.2%
Voters give Congress dismal
11% to
18%
approval ratings, but then do a very strange thing: Reward
Congress with 85% (or higher) re-election rates.
During a portion of the Great Depression (38.8% (206 of 531) of the incumbents were ousted in year 1933) . . .
| StartYear | EndYear | Congress | Re-Election | Party Seat |
| # | Rate | Retention Rate | ||
| 1927 | 1929 | 70 th | 68.9% | 96.4% |
| 1929 | 1931 | 71 st | 79.7% | 92.5% |
| 1931 | 1933 | 72 nd | 76.8% | 88.5% |
| 1933 | 1935 | 73 rd | 61.2% | 78.7% |
In year 1933, unhappy voters ousted 206 Congress
persons (i.e 38.8%=206/531) from Congress (or 44.1% =206/[435 + (96/3)], since
only one-third of the Senate is up for re-election every 6 years, considering
there were only 96 Senators in year 1933, and the same number of
Representatives as today (i.e. 435), for a total of 531 Congress persons in year
1933).
Eventually, enough voters will most likely do it again and vote out record
numbers of incumbent politicians from
do-nothing Congress again, when the consequences of repeatedly rewarding
irresponsible incumbent politicians with perpetual re-election finally becomes
too painful. Already, these
17+ economic
conditions are now worse then ever and/or since the 1930s and 1940s, due
to the perpetuation of these
10+
abuses for the past 30+ years (abuses that did not all come about by
mere coincidence). Perhaps enough voters will finally question the wisdom
and habit of repeatedly rewarding irresponsible incumbent politicians with
perpetual re-election when enough voters are jobless, homeless, and hungry?
Pain and misery is often the final lesson and self-correction mechanism.
Pain and misery is one of the most effective types of motivation and education.
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CONGRESS' To-Do List (see what Congress has done since the NOV-2006 election) |
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30+ Years of Regressive Systems that Did Not Come About By Mere Coincidence |
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Why Incumbents Are Elected 95% of the Time (Unfair Incumbent Advantages) |
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What you should know about fiat-funny-money (47 minute video) |
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The Problem an |