Samuel Merrill III |

The Power Pendulum
Meet the power pendulum: Shifts in party control over the U.S Congress happen every 12 to 15 years, according to a new study. The black dots represent what percentage of the House of Representative was Democratic in a given year. The white dots show the model that the researchers created. Can you find Watergate? (Hint: check out the 1970s.)

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