When Barack Obama came into the White House, Democrats controlled 59% of US House seats and 59% of Senate seats. At the state level, Democrats controlled 29 governorships and 56% of all state legislative seats.
Now Democrats hold just 45% of US House seats and 53% of Senate seats. At the state level, Democrats hold just 20 governorships and just 45% of state legislative seats, the lowest since the Great Depression.
I thought Bill Clinton was bad for the Democratic party, but Obama has been much worse. Im not bashing Obama, I am simply stating facts.
No party has ever seen this big of a drop in a midterm election since 1894, when Democrats dropped from 64% of US seats down to just 27% under Grover Cleveland.
Basically, Obama has the 2012 election to get us back 700 state legislative seats and 50+ House seats. Ill give him a pass on the Senate and governorships because the composition of seats up make it impossible for Democrats to make much gains there.