Presidency and Partisanship

High-ranking presidents have tended to have large percentages of co-partisans in Congress at the start of their terms:

..............................House.............Senate

Washington.........57....................69
Jefferson.............64....................50
Jackson...............64....................52
Lincoln................59....................62
T. Roosevelt.......56....................62
FDR.....................72....................61



The Smoking Gun:



Nixon Farewell:



Carter's "Crisis of Confidence" Speech