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pxlated posted...

The argument from mitch was more specific, to be fair. That it hasnt happened during a presidential election year, not that it hasn't happened at all during any point in a presidency.

The interviewer also disputed that claimed, though. Don't honestly care enough to see who is right, but mitch is being misrepresented here.

No nomination has been made in such a scenario since 1888. The 13 cases I mentioned all didn't have the nomination originated in a presidential election year. So that scenario is untested IMO.

Now, confirmation votes have been made in that scenario. Kennedy was confirmed in 1988 but the nomination itself originated Nov 30, 1987.

Really though the hidden part of all this is that the President is one party and the Senate is the other is just a very rare occurrence historically. In that "since 1888" timespan I mentioned there 13 nominations made in that scenario with 9 confirmed and 4 not. Also in that timespan, 66 have been made while the same party controlled both. 3 of which were repeats (nomination lapsed/withdrawn and then confirmed when renominated)

Edit: Zooming out. Since 1901, split control of President/Senate has occurred in 36 years (out of the obvious 118 years.) And nearly a quarter of that has been isolated 2 year periods.
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