Civics: Number of Single-Party State Congressional Delegations Reaches 70+ Year High
The 119th Congress will have the most states represented by just one party on Capitol Hill since the 83rd Congress and largest number of all-GOP delegations since the 71st
Recent Smart Politics reports have highlighted electoral trends signaling the demise of competitive, battleground states, such as the 119th Congress setting a record low number of split U.S. Senate delegations and the Democratic and Republican parties currently owning record presidential winning streaks in 38 states.
Additionally, when the 119th Congress convenes in five-plus weeks, it will do so with 19 state delegations comprised only of U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators from the same political party – the largest number of states since the 83rd Congress convened 72 years ago in 1953.
This marks an increase of three states with homogeneous representation since the 118th Congress – all in the Republican column.
