Both in 1994 (the last Republican landslide) and in 1974 (the Democratic landslide after Watergate) pundits and politicians alike were surprised to see discontent with the White House translated into routs in Congress.
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But the proportion increases to one in seven in falling markets, even though there are more changes during market routs.
Pessimists see tumbling currencies, bond-market routs and even bank runs.
Where the first term saw a succession of relatively bloodless presidential victories partisan routs in the case of tax cuts, bipartisan agreements in the case of education reform the second term will see a bloodier battle on Social Security, whoever wins.Freedom abroadThe second term is likely to see significant changes in foreign policy, too, though the consequences are harder to foresee.
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It was the latest of many proofs of Mr Brown's unpopularity, following by-election routs elsewhere, an abysmal showing at May's local elections, the loss of London's mayoralty to a Conservative and months of opinion polls that put the Tories up to 20 percentage points ahead of Labour.Mr Brown, with some justification, blames the economy.
