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Incorrect, the last 7 congresses had the following party divisions:
113th 2013-2015 : 53 D - 45 R - 2 I
114th 2015-2017 : 44 D - 54 R - 2 I
115th 2017-2019 : 46/47 D - 50/52 R - 2 I
116th 2019-2021 : 45/46 D - 53/52 R - 2 I
117th 2021-2023 : 46/48 D - 51/50 R - 2/3 I
118th 2023-2025 : 47/48 D - 49 R - 3/4 I
119th 2025-2027 : 45 D - 53/52 R - 2 I - 1 Vacancy
We literally have not had more than 48 D since 2015. The most independents we've ever had since the 1940s was also coincidentally in just before Republicans swept the 2024 election. Every DNC "majority" we've had in the last decade was only with caucusing independents and also VP tiebreaker.
We ALSO never had a DNC supermajority, which is why we had to water down the Public Option healthcare in 2011-2012 due to Independent Joe Lieberman holding out and Republican filibuster, the most we've had since 1979 was only 58.
What I'm getting out of this is that Americans haven't been craving the D in 10 years.
And yet despite everything continuously getting worse they can't figure out what to do differently.
I guess that's fair. Even though the 2 independents caucus with the Dems.