On the occasion of President Donald Trump's impeachment and trial, what if anything does the generational model tell us about why this is happening more often (which it is, compared to other past periods)

 

That the impeachments are happening during different turnings is simple enough to see. 

• Johnson 1868
• Nixon 1974
• Clinton 1998
• Trump 2019

Population over time

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_the_United_States

Initial tweet on the theory of the apportionment act being the reason for more impeachments

https://mobile.twitter.com/generationalize/status/1207339275907239937

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment_Act_of_1911

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reapportionment_Act_of_1929