When is divided government present? When is unified government present? How common is it for the government to be unified? Does it matter whether the...

The
United States government is divided into three branches: the executive (the presidency), the
legislative (Congress), and the judiciary. In theory, the judiciary is completely non-partisan,
consisting of the best and most experienced legal minds, although politicians, especially in
recent decades, have been subverting this ideal with a hyperpartisan appointment
process.

The term "divided government" refers to a situation where
one party controls the presidency and the other party controls one or both houses of Congress.
The term "unified government" refers to a situation where both the presidency and
majorities in both houses of Congress are filled by members of a single party.

Over the history of the United States, unified governments have somewhat outnumbered
divided ones, with extended periods of unified governments occurring from 1897 to 1911 and 1933
to 1947. Often divided governments seem to occur during a transition between unified governments
of one party and unified...

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