Talk:Watergate Babies

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Scale of change

Is that a lot of new senators etc? Please tell us something that would give us an idea of the scale of the change.

IceDragon64 20:40, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are a total of 100 senators. In each election cycle, one-third of them (33 or 34) are up for re-election. There are a total of 435 representatives. In each election cycle, all 435 of them are up for re-election. Thus, as the article states (with my editorial additions here in bold): "In November 1974, Democrats picked up 49 seats (out of 435 seats) in the House and 5 seats (out of 33 seats) in the Senate." For the House: 5 out of 33 = 15 percent. For the Senate, 49 out of 435 = 11 percent. That gives some context to what these numbers mean and to the scale of the change. In a nutshell, yes, it is a very significant change. Immediately after Watergate, public sentiment was against the Republicans and for the Democrats (as a "statement" against the Republican Nixon and his administration and his party and its corruption). Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:54, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Include notable retired members as well

Could we please include some other noted members who have since left congress? Maybe we don't need all 54, but perhaps the more notable ones? The list of eight is a bit underwhelming. Thanks.DavidRF (talk) 03:46, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Senate freshmen: D-pickups: Leahy, Gary Hart, Richard Stone, Wendell Ford. R-pickup: Paul Laxalt. Other freshmen: Dale Bumpers, John Culver, Louis Wyman, Robert Morgan, John Glenn and Jake Garn.

Other House freshman: Paul Tsongas

DavidRF (talk) 04:00, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]