Republicans take power from Obama
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past week, the GOP regained control of the senate and lengthened their lead in the house of representatives. Republicans haven’t controlled both since 2006. With this transfer of power, republicans have the opportunity to completely block, or at least stall, Obama’s plans in his last two years of office. Before the election, the democrats held control of the senate while the republicans held control in the house of representatives. The constant bickering and stalemates in the capital, not to mention dissatisfaction with the Obama administration, has left Americans furious with their government. While Obama isn’t necessarily the only reason for this republican victory, his poll numbers haven’t ever been this low. Americans were fed up, and a change needed to happen.
This shift in power can be vaguely related to the idea of power in networks. Imagine a network system of all representatives, senators, and Barack Obama. Obama has the largest power, as many other senators and representatives depend on him. However, many republicans, more so than democrats, do NOT depend on Obama. These people give Obama less power. Now that the republicans have gained more people in the senate and the house while the democrats have lost the same amount, less and less people are becoming dependent on Obama and the republican party as a whole has become stronger.
Work Cited
“U.S. Midterms: Republicans Win Control of the Senate.” BBC News. November 5, 2014.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29910542