The Dems held the House for 40 years, how did that happen? [closed duplicate]

etv78 September 28, 2014, 4:52pm 1

The Democrats had an uninterrupted hold on the House from 1954ish until 1994. The next longest is about 8 years. What caused this anomaly?

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