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A government trifecta is a political situation in which the same political party controls the executive branch and both chambers of the legislative branch in ...
Divided government is seen by different groups as a benefit or as an undesirable product of the model of governance used in the U.S. political system. Under said model, known as the separation of powers, the state is divided into different branches. Each branch has separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility so that the powers ...
Trifecta is a term to describe single-party government, when one political party holds the governorship and majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. The trifecta status referenced in ...
The political significance of these five defined eras can be reinforced by the feature of each era beginning with near-unanimous Electoral College presidential victories that occur alongside the election of a unified trifecta of House, Senate and President for the hegemonic party (or alongside the election of divided government in the fifth era):
Republicans have finally completed the so-called trifecta and secured the 218 seats required for control of ... What total control on Capitol Hill will mean for Trump’s presidency. Andrew Romano.
With the GOP retaining control of the House, Trump will enjoy a trifecta for at least the first two years of his term. Republicans keep the House, handing Trump a trifecta of government control ...
This also ended a 14-year Democratic overall federal government trifecta period, dating back to the 73rd Congress (1933–1935). This ties with the previous 14-year Republican trifecta from 1897 to 1911 as the longest trifectas of Congress and is the last time, (as of the year 2024), that a trifecta was achieved that lasted longer than a decade.
The last time Republicans held a trifecta in Washington came in 2017 and 2018 during Trump's first term, when he signed into law dozens of bills including a $1.5 trillion tax cut.