The 1995 Government Shutdown Revisionism

'The GOP, of course, didn’t do so well in the Gingrich-Clinton faceoff, and many Republican leaders obviously fear a repeat, where they get blamed for the president’s refusal to compromise.'

-  Glenn Harlan Reynolds, Obama selfish, stubborn on health care, USA Today, 23 September 2013

Let’s see:

Senate:

GOP picked up 2 seats.

GOP +2

House of Representatives:

End of the 1994 Congress:

Democrats: 209

Republicans: 223

1996 Congress:

Democrats: 206

Republicans: 228

GOP +5
 

Sure, Clinton beat Dole, but who actually thought Bob Dole would win? He turned in the worst Republican performance since Goldwater.

1964 Presidential Election:

Johnson: 486 EVs, 43,127,041, 44 + DC states, 61.1%

Goldwater: 52 EVs, 27,175,754, 6 States, 38.5%

1968 Presidential Election:

Nixon: 301 EVs, 31,783,783, 32 states, 43.4%

Humphrey: 191 EVs, 31,271,839, 13 + DC states, 42.7%

Wallace: 46 EVs, 9,901,118, 5 states, 13.5%

1972 Presidential Election:

Nixon: 520 EVs, 47,168,710, 49 states, 60.7%

McGovern: 17 EVs, 29,173,222, 1 + DC, 37.5%

1976 Presidential Election:

Carter: 297 EVs, 40,831,881, 23 states + DC, 50.1%, 82% of the Hispanic vote

Ford: 240 EVs, 39,148,634, 27 states, 48.0%, 18% of the Hispanic vote

1980 Presidential Election:

Reagan: 489 EVs, 43,903,230, 44 states won, 50.8%, 37% of the Hispanic vote

Carter: 49 EVs, 35,480,115, 6 states + DC, 41.0%, 56% of the Hispanic vote

1984 Presidential Election:

Reagan: 525 EVs, 54,455,472, 49 states won, 58.8%, 34.82% of the Hispanic vote

Mondale: 13 EVs, 37,577,352, 1 state + DC, 40.6%, 66% of the Hispanic vote.

1988 Presidential Election:

Bush: 426 EVs, 48,886,097, 40 states won, 53.4%, 30.85% of the Hispanic vote

Dukakis: 11 EVs, 41,809,074, 10 states + DC, 45.7%m 70.15% of the Hispanic vote

1992 Presidential Election:

Clinton: 370 EVs, 44,909,806, 32 + DC, 43.0%

Bush: 168 EVs, 39,104,550, 18 states, 37.5%, 25% vote of the Hispanic

1996 Presidential Election: 

Clinton: 379 EVs, 47,401,185, 31 + DC, 49.2% 

Dole: 159 EVs, 39,197,469, 19 states, 40.7%, 21% of the Hispanic vote (worse than even that ‘extreme Conservative,’ Mitt Romney!)

2000 Presidential Election:

Bush: 271 EVs, 50,456,002, 30 states, 47.9%

Gore: 266 EVs, 50,999,897, 20 states + DC, 48.4%


2004 Presidential Election:

Bush: 286 EVs, 62,040,610, 31 states, 50.7%

Kerry: 251 EVs, 59,028,444, 19 + DC, 48.3%


 2008 Presidential Election:

Obama: 365 EVs, 69,498,516, 28 + DC + NE-02, 52.9%

McCain: 173 EVs, 59,948,323, 22 states, 45.7%
 

2012 Presidential Election:

Obama: 332 EVs, 65,907,213, 26 + DC, 51.1%

Romney: 206 EVs, 60,931,767, 24 states, 47.2%
 

Dole had the worst Republican showing since 1964. He was a LOSER. He was NEVER going to beat Clinton – government shutdown or not.

Now, what else came from the government shutdowns?

Welfare Reform

4 ‘Balanced’ budgets




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