Pam ([info]fledglingoflove) wrote,
@ 2008-09-27 22:10:00
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Third Party House/Senate Members
Anyone know where I could find out if the number of third party/independent members in the House and Senate has stayed the same over the years, increased, or decreased?


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[info]tanetris
2008-09-28 02:27 am UTC (link)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress#Party_summary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress#Party_summary
etc

There is literally nothing Wikipedia can't do.

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[info]izuko
2008-09-28 02:09 pm UTC (link)
The question, of course, always depends on interpretation. Ie, do you consider Leiberaman to be a Democrat or an Independent? His only dissent with his olde party is over Iraq. But he voted to put democrats in charge of the Senate.

So things get a bit fuzzy. Some independents are virtually indistinguishable from their associated major party. Some major-party office holders have nothing in common with their party.

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[info]meiousei
2008-09-28 04:49 pm UTC (link)
*dons reference librarian hat*

Even though Wikipedia is a convenient source of information that's okay for quick reference, it's not a good "official" source due to the fact that it's not peer-reviewed, can be changed at any time, and can (and does) contain inaccurate/outdated information. Government info is mostly online nowadays, though it usually sucks to look for it.

Anyhoo, here's what the government-produced stats say:

Senate: http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/senators_thirdParties.htm
House: http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/partyDiv.html (scroll to the bottom of the page for most recent. I think they should have organized it in descending order but hell, what do I know.)

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