Updated: 08:14 EST, 26 December 2016
What the Democrats don't want you to know: Party lost more than 1,030 seats in state legislatures, governor's mansions and Congress during Barack Obama's presidency Statistic reveals how Obama's leadership was rough on the party's grassroots
Democrats now hold the governor's office and both legislative chambers in
just five coastal states Obama's tenure has marked
the greatest number of losses under any president in decades, according to experts
He's indicated he intends to make partisan politics a bigger piece of his post-presidential life
But one number almost always goes unheard:
more than 1,030 seats.
That's the number of spots in state legislatures, governor's mansions and Congress lost by Democrats during Obama's presidency.
After this year's elections, Democrats hold the governor's office and both legislative chambers in just five coastal states:
Oregon, California, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware. Republicans have the trifecta in 25, giving them control of a broad swath of the middle of the country.
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