Presidential success under unified and divided government, from Eisenhower to trump

HGUREIZ Presidential Success Under Unified and Divided Government, Eisenhower to Trump When presidents face divided government—that is, when the opposing party controls one or both houses of Congress—they usually find it harder to get their bills passed. 100 I Divided government June ZOOi—majority Unified government in Senate switches from Republicans to Democrats 90 \1 O m 0 is O (N O 20 Percentage of presidents’ bills passed (Fl 0 10 17-18 19-20 0 53—54 55—60 61-62 63-68 69—73 74—76 77-80 81-88 89—92 93-94 95—2000 0102 03-06 07-08 09-10 11-16 Year / president Trump Sources: Data from “2019 Vote Studies: Presidential Support—House,” CQ Weekly, February 24, 2020; “CQ Vote Studies: Presidential Support-Trump’s Last Hurrah,” CQ Weekly, February 25, 2019; “Presidential Support Background,” CQ Weekly, January 11, 2010, 117; “Table 6-7: Presidential Victories on Votes in Congress, 1953-2010,” in Harold W Stanley and Richard G. Niemi, eds., Vital Statistics on American Politics 2011-2012 (\Nashington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2011), 246—248; Sam Goldfarb, “2011 Vote Studies: Presidential Support,” CQ Weekly, January 16, 2012, 98-104; “2012 Vote Studies: Presidential Support,” CQ Weekly, January 21, 2013; Emily Ethridge, “2013 Vote Studies: Presidential Support,” CQ Weekly, February 3, 2014; Shawn Zeller, CQ Staff, “2014 Vote Studies: Running on Empty,” CQ Weekly, March 16, 2015, 26; CQ Staff, “2015 Vote Studies: Presidential Support Hits Low for Obama,” CQ Weekly, February 8, 2016; CQ Staff, “CQ Vote Studies: Next Hit: Presidential Support—Trump Divided, Conquered,” CQ Weekly, February 12, 2018; CQ Staff, “2019 Vote Studies: President Support—House,” CQ Weekly, February 24, 2020.