| Year | Pres. | House | Senate | Democrats | Republicans | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | R | R | R | |||
| 1904 | R | R | R | |||
| 1908 | R | R | R | |||
| 1912 | R | D | R | |||
| 1916 | D | D | D | |||
| 1920 | D | R | R | |||
| 1924 | R | R | R | |||
| 1928 | R | R | R | |||
| 1932 | R | R | R | |||
| 1936 | D | D | D | |||
| 1940 | D | D | D | |||
| 1944 | D | D | D | |||
| 1948 | D | R | R | |||
| 1952 | D | D | D | |||
| 1956 | R | D | D | |||
| 1960 | R | D | D | |||
| 1964 | D | D | D | |||
| 1968 | D | D | D | |||
| 1972 | R | D | D | The central feature of African politics today is the struggle against racism and colonialism in Southern Africa. There should be no mistake about which side we are on. We stand for full political, civil and economic rights for black and other nonwhite peoples in Southern Africa. We are against white-minority rule. We should not underwrite a return to the interventionism of the past. But we can end United States complicity with such governments. | ||
| 1976 | R | D | D | |||
| 1980 | D | D | D | We must be vigilant about human rights violations in any country in which they occur including South Africa. | ||
| 1984 | R | D | R | A Democratic President will reverse the Reagan Administration’s failed policy of “constructive engagement” and strongly and unequivocally oppose the apartheid regime in South Africa. A Democratic Administration will. | ||
| 1988 | R | D | D | We believe that the time has come to end all vestiges of the failed policy of constructive engagement, to declare South Africa a terrorist state, to impose comprehensive sanctions upon its economy, to lead the international community in participation in these actions, and to determine a date certain by which United States corporations must leave South Africa. | Republicans deplore the apartheid system of South Africa and consider it morally repugnant. All who value human liberty understand the evil of apartheid, and we will not rest until apartheid is eliminated from South Africa. | |
| 1992 | R | D | D | Maintenance of state and local sanctions against South Africa in support of an investment code of conduct, existing limits on deductibility of taxes paid to South Africa, and diplomatic pressure until there is an irreversible, full and fair accommodation with the black majority to create a democratic government with full rights for all its citizens. | In South Africa, the Republican policy of constructive engagement—opposing apartheid while fostering peaceful change—has been successful. That nation’s prospects have been transformed for the better, though many difficulties lie ahead. | |
| 1994 | D | D | D | |||
| 1996 | D | R | R | Four years ago, South Africa was struggling under political violence associated with apartheid. Now, following the 1994 elections — which the United States strongly supported — there is a national unity government and South Africa is free and democratic. | ||
| 2000 | R | R | R | |||
| 2004 | R | R | R | |||
| 2008 | R | D | D | |||
| 2012 | D | R | D | |||
| 2016 | D | R | R | |||
| 2020 | R | D | R | |||
| 2024 | D | R | D | |||