BUFFALO, N.Y.-- Over the course of three days, the Democratic Party saw two of its more popular voices, Minnesota Senator Al Franken, and Michigan Representative John Conyers Jr. step down from Congress as a result of resurfaced accusations of sexual harassment.

Jacob Neiheisel, a political professor at the University at Buffalo, says while the party lost two veteran politicians, this was a strategic move for the Democrats.

"The Democrats seemed to have branded as a party that's friendlier to women, that cares more about women's issues. Having Franken and Conyers in their caucus would likely hurt their attempts as branding themselves as such, and probably gives them the moral high ground when going after Roy Moore and Donald Trump," said Neiheisel. 

Neiheisel says the party can afford to remove these men, because they will most likely be replaced with Democrats.

On the other side of the aisle, President Donald Trump recently endorsed Roy Moore, the candidate for an Alabama Senate seat who is facing several allegations of sexual harassment.

"The Republicans are in a tougher situation in a sense that if the Alabama Democrat wins, they're down a very critical vote," said Neiheisel.

Former Erie County Democratic Chairman Len Lenihan says while the approaches have been different, this is an issue that stretches throughout Congres, and politicians are being judged without due process.

"We have one size fits all, we hear anything about anybody and then they're banished from political existence," said Lenihan. 

Lenihan believes that going forward, Congress must reform its policies.

"They need to clearly delineate what is unacceptable behavior and what are the consequences of that in the workplace," said Lenihan. 

He says one way to accomplish is implementing sexual harassment training for all incoming members of Congress and their staff.

"So there is no confusion, there is no questioning what is acceptable and what is unacceptable behavior," said Lenihan.