Date: January 19th, 2018 4:24 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Mood
explain, SHITLIB:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_elections,_2014
"The elections saw sweeping gains by the Republican Party in the Senate, House, and in numerous gubernatorial, state, and local races. The Republicans gained control of the Senate for the first time since 2006, and increased their majority in the House. The Republicans also gained two seats in governors' races.
Overall, the elections resulted in the largest Republican majority in the entire country in nearly a century, with 54 seats in the Senate, 247 (56.78%) in the House, 31 governorships (62%), and 68 state legislative chambers. Moreover, Republicans gained their largest majority in the House since 1928, the largest majority in Congress overall since 1928, and the largest majority of state legislatures since 1928."
these massive GOP gains followed the prior year's government shutdown:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_US_government_shutdown
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3864213&forum_id=2#35191181)