2007-04-12 01:21:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
No. The president is elected every four years, and a new Congress (House) is elected every two.
There's no correlation. The president and the Congress can be the same party, or different, depending on what the voters choose.
Many times they elect a president from one party and a congress from another - at the same time.
A parlimentary system would be different - the prime minister and the majority (or a majority coalition) of parliament would be of the same party.
There is the other house of Congress - the Senate - also. The Senators have a term of six years, but 1/3 are re-elected every 2 years, so that house can change hands like the House (also, confusingly, called the Congress) every two years.
2007-04-12 01:25:47 · answer #1 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No the party of the President has nothing to do with who the speaker of the House is, The speaker comes from the majority party in the House, this can change every two years as there are new elections.
2007-04-12 08:31:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. The party that is in the minority is NOT dependent on the party of the winning presidential candidate. This determination is dependent on the elections that take place within the Congress and which party captures the most seats
A good example of this was in 1980 and 1984, when Ronald Reagan was elected and re-elected President. He was a Republican BUT the House Majority was Democratic which meant the minority leader was Republican.
2007-04-12 08:25:59 · answer #3 · answered by thequeenreigns 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
N O, it depends on what political party controls the House of Representatives.
If the Democrats control the House, then the Minority Speaker would be Republican
and vice-versa!!
2007-04-12 08:30:15 · answer #4 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The two have nothing to do with each other. The Majority leader represents the party who has the most seats, regardless of which party the President is affiliated with. The Minority leader is from the other party.
2007-04-12 08:27:23 · answer #5 · answered by trentrockport 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. The party with the most members in that legislative body is the majority, conversly, the party with the lesser number of members in that legislative body is the minority. So the senate can have one party as the majority and the house of representatives can have the other party as the majority.
2007-04-12 08:28:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't go by President.
It goes by who has the most seats in the House.
If Repubs have the most seats in the House, then a Repub would be the majority speaker.
2007-04-12 08:28:41 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
um... it doesn't have anything to do with which party the president belongs to
it has to do with which party holds more seats in the house.
if your party holds the majority - you have a majority speaker
if your party does not hold the majority - you have a minority speaker
2007-04-12 08:26:55 · answer #8 · answered by Joe M 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
2007-04-12 08:25:44 · answer #9 · answered by just the facts 5 · 0⤊ 6⤋