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Your methodology is wrong.

You need to find both (R- / (D- AND (R) / (D). This results in 94 Republican convictions and 73 Democrat convictions. [0]

Also when you look at this century, 19 Republicans have been convicted and only 8 democrats. That's twice as many Republicans convicted of crimes than Democrats.

Using your methodology (correctly):

- Political Scandals: 247 Republicans were involved in political scandals, compared to only 126 Democrats. This century: 105 Republicans and 20 Democrats - that's 5x more Republicans. [1]

- Sex Scandals: 47 Republicans have been involved in sex scandals, while only 44 Democrats have. This century: 28 Republicans, 9 Democrats - that's 3x more for the GOP. [2]

By your own logic, Republicans are both more criminal and more scandalous than Democrats, historically and even moreso now.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_federal_polit...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_scan...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_sex_...




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