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How have parties , campaings and election have changed

Write about how have parties , campaigns and elections changed in U .S over the last half of century or so from 1950s forward

Since mid 19th century there have been two dominant parties in the United States i .e . the Democrats and the Republicans . At times within this period some third parties also arose to the national front during elections . However these third parties have been neglected over time especially in the 20th century . The Republican Party became dominant at many times in many regions unless for the southern regions where the

democrats monopolized . Republican also dominated in many house of congress and also the presidency . But later around 1960 the republican lost greatly to the democrats when Richard Nixon lost to John Kennedy who was later assassinated and preceded by his vice Lyndon Johnson

Over the period of 1950 to 1990 the Democratic Party dominated in the congress that is house representation and senate for 38 out of 40 years from 1950 to 1994 , and the Senate for 32 out of the 40 years . The Republican Party was minority in congress but it performed better in the presidential elections at many times . They won five presidential seats that were in 1968 , 1972 by Nixon , 1980 and 1984 by Reagan , and 1988 by Bush . But the 1994 election has been dubbed as the Republican Revolution , as this party took control over the House for once since 1954 and also wrested back the control of the Senate

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