you voted for united states congress in midterm elections.
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reagan, however, had failed to get the country out of the continued recession. starting in 1980 and again after the 1982 midterm elections, president reagan worked with a split congress with a republican majority after the 1980 senate elections and a democratic majority after the 1980 house elections. the conservatives (whom reagan backed) lost a substantial number of seats in congress in 1982. by early 1983, however, the recession had ended and reagan was re-elected president, in 1984, with a record-breaking 525 electoral votes. the republicans' six-year control over the senate ended in 1986, after numerous issues (the iran contra affair, unpopular support for reagan's aid to the nicaragua contras, the cost of the star wars weapons program, farming woes and trade gaps) damaged the reagan administration's image. by 1988, however, reagan was redeemed of these scandals and republican vice president george h.w. bush won the 1988 us presidential election by a landslide vote.
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special elections are often held in conjunction with regular elections, so additional senators, governors and other local officials may be elected to partial terms.









































midterm elections historically generate lower voter turnout than presidential elections. while the latter have had turnouts of about 50–60% over the past 60 years, only about 40% of those eligible to vote actually go to the polls in midterm elections. midterm elections usually see the president's party lose seats in congress, and also frequently see the president's intraparty opponents gain control of one or both houses of congress.









































section::::historical record of midterm.
united states midterm election