UMongameli uBarack Obama (Ifoto: Andrew Burton / Getty Izithombe) Kwiveki ephelileyo kugqitywe unyulo lokugqibela lokuhlala kukaMongameli u-Obama olungabandakanyi indawo yakhe. Emva kweminyaka esixhenxe e-ofisini kwaye kunyulo oluninzi, iDemocratic Party ibethe kakubi kunaleyo yeRiphabhlikhi yabanjwa nguGeorge W. Bush.
Phantse kuwo onke amanqanaba aseburhulumenteni, abaDemokhrasi baphulukene nezihlalo ezingaphezulu phantsi kukaMnu.Obama kunangaphantsi kwawo nawuphi na umongameli wexesha lesibini ovela kuDwight Eisenhower. (Oku kubandakanya oomongameli ababini bakaJohn F. Kennedy / uLyndon B. Johnson noRichard Nixon / uGerald Ford.)
Ngaphantsi kuka Mnu.Obama, iiDemokhrasi zilahlekelwe zizihlalo ze-Senate ezili-13, izihlalo zeNdlu ezingama-69, iirhuluneli ezili-11, izihlalo zowiso-mthetho ezingama-913 kunye namagumbi endlu yowiso-mthetho angama-30, ngokokuhlalutya ukusuka kwiWashington Post.
Oko kwenza ukuba uMnu. Obama abe ngumphathi welahleko enkulu kwizitulo zeNdlu yeeNgwevu, kwizihlalo zeNdlu nakwizindlu zowiso-mthetho zombuso nakweyiphi na kwezi meko zisixhenxe zidlulileyo zobongameli, owesibini uphulukene namagumbi endlu yowiso-mthetho (Mnu. kuMnu.Omama wama-30) kunye nowesine oyena mntu uphulukene kakhulu noorhulumente (eboshwe noBill Clinton).
Kuzo zonke iinkumbulo ezibuhlungu zeRiphabhlikhi zika-2006 phantsi kwesibini uMnu. Bush, xa amaDemokhrasi enza iinzuzo ezinkulu kwiNdlu nakwiNdlu yeeNgwevu, ilahleko yakhe ayifikanga ndawo kufutshane noMnu. Ngaphantsi kuka Mnu. Bush, amaRiphabhlikhi aphulukana nezihlalo ze-Senate ezingama-9, izihlalo zeNdlu ezingama-42, iirhuluneli ezisixhenxe, izihlalo zowiso-mthetho ezingama-324 kunye namagumbi endlu yowiso-mthetho ayi-13.
Kwaye oku akusiyo nokwehla. Umnumzana uClinton wenze kakubi kuno Mnu Bush kuwo onke amanqanaba ngaphandle kwezihlalo ze Senate (Mnu. Clinton waphulukana nesixhenxe kuMnu. Bush 9). Oko akutsho ukuba umongameli olandelayo-iDemokhrasi okanye iRiphabhlikhi-ngekhe enze kakubi kunoMnu.Obama ukuya kuthi ga ekuphulukaneni nezihlalo kwinqanaba likarhulumente, kodwa akukho meko iphantsi ebonisa ukuba njengoko, yithi, imithombo yeendaba zentlalo kunye ne-24- Iyure yeebhombu zebhombu zaseMelika ngolwazi olubi, oomongameli bayasokola.
Ukulandela unyulo luka-2015, amaRiphabhlikhi ngoku anolawulo olupheleleyo lwama-30 ezindlu zowiso-mthetho kunye nolawulo lokwahlulahlula ezinye ezisibhozo. Olo luphelele ulawulo lweepesenti ezingama-60 zowiso-mthetho lukarhulumente.
Ukuba onke amazwe anolawulo olupheleleyo lweRiphabliki yendlu yowiso-mthetho avotele umongameli weqela ngo-2016, amaRiphabhlikhi angadlula kwiivoti zonyulo ezingama-270 ezifunekayo ukukhusela ubongameli kwaye agqibe ngama-317. Ngo-2016, amaRiphabhlikhi aya kuphela ngeevoti ezingama-337 zonyulo.
Ngokucacileyo, zombini ezi meko (kodwa ngakumbi urhulumente enye) akunakulindeleka ukuba, kodwa kusenomdla ukucinga ngazo. Kwaye inika umfanekiso ocacileyo wobungakanani bolawulo lukarhulumente kwiRiphabhlikhi kweli lizwe ngoku. Abavoti bebephumela kumaRiphabliki ngobuninzi ngexesha lika-Obama, enkosi kuphela kwinzala ephezulu evela kwiRiphabhlikhi, kodwa nakwinzala ephantsi evela kubaDemokhrasi, abangakhange bakhuthazwe nangubani na ngaphandle kukaMnu Obama kule minyaka isixhenxe idlulileyo.
INew York Times Qaphela ukuba inxenye yesizathu sokungabikho komdla kunokuba ngenxa ye- ukunqongophala kwee-Democrats ezizayo kwiCongress. Umndilili weminyaka yeenkokheli ezintathu eziphambili zeDemokhrasi kwiNdlu zingama-75, ngelixa iminyaka yobudala yeenkokheli ezintathu eziphambili zeRiphabhlikhi ingama-48.
Abantu baseRiphabhlikhi benze umsebenzi obalaseleyo kule minyaka idlulileyo ekukhuthazeni italente yolutsha. USomlomo omtsha weNdlu nguPaul Ryan oneminyaka engama-45, kwaye uninzi lwamagama aphezulu embutho kwi-Senate angaphantsi kweminyaka engama-50 (kubandakanya uTed Cruz noMarco Rubio, ngamnye kubo balwela ukuba ngumongameli). Okwangoku, amazwi aphezulu eDemokhrasi angaphezulu kwama-60.
Isithuba sokuzala phakathi kwala maqela mabini sidala umsantsa xa abaDemokhrasi bezama ukubanga ukuba bangamaqela exesha elizayo, ngelixa iinkwenkwezi zabo zezakudala. AbaseRiphabhlikhi kule meko bayakwazi ukufumana indawo ngokubonisa abameli beqela abahambelana ngakumbi noko kujongene nako amaMelika namhlanje.
Abantu baseRiphabhlikhi bathanda ukwenza ngcono kunyulo lonyaka ongekhoyo kunonyulo lukamongameli, kwaye ngokuchasene nemali, amandla, unxibelelwano, ukwamkelwa kwegama kunye nokuthandwa kweendaba nguHillary Clinton, amaRiphabhlikhi ajongana nedabi eliphakamileyo lobongameli. Okwangoku, uNks. Clinton akanguye umntu okhuthazayo, nanjengoko wayenokuba ngumongameli wokuqala wasetyhini, indlela uMnu Obama awayeyiyo ngo-2008. Abafazi abavoti abayixhasi uClinton ngendlela abavoti base-Afrika nabamaMerika abaxhasa ngayo uMnu.
Kuhleli ukuba kubonwe ukuba iinzuzo zorhulumente waseRiphabhlikhi ziya kuyichaphazela njani imbonakalo yomhlaba ngo-2016, kodwa zisenokuba sisalathiso sokuba uNkosazana Clinton angangabi nakungaphepheki njengoko amaRiphabhlikhi esoyika.
UBernie Sanders uneNtengiso yePhulo elitsha
