Changes in Congressional Representation
of the President's Party
in Presidential Election Years


Year President
House
Senate
1952 Eisenhower
+22
+1
1956 Eisenhower
-2
-1
1960 Kennedy
-22
-2
1964 Johnson
+37
+1
1968 Nixon
+5
+6
1972 Nixon
+12
-2
1976 Carter
+1
0
1980 Reagan
+34
+12
1984 Reagan
+14
-2
1988 Bush
-3
-1
1992 Clinton
-10
0
1996 Clinton
+9
-2
2000