<Tr> <Td> Senate </Td> <Td> House of Representatives </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Control of the U.S. Senate: 1855 - 2010 </Td> <Td> Control of the U.S. House: 1855 - 2010 </Td> </Tr> <P> Over the past 100 years the Democratic party has held power nearly twice as long as the Republicans in both the Senate and the House . And the Democratic party has had control of the White House and the two Houses of Congress for 35 years, compared to 16 years for the Republican party over the last 100 years </P> <P> Note: The following statistics consider 2001 as a year in which the Democrats controlled the Senate, although they did not control it for the entire year . </P>

Who has been in power more republicans or democrats