1982 United States elections

none February 2026 January 2025 1982 Midterm elections November 2 Republican Party (US)Ronald Reagan (R) 98th 33 of 100 seats Republican hold Democratic +1 1982 Senate election results #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold #CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold All 435 voting seats Democratic hold Democratic +11.8% Democratic +26 400px 1982 House of Representatives election results #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold #CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold 38 (36 states, 2 territories) Democratic +7 1982 gubernatorial election resultsTerritorial races not shown #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold #CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold Elections were held on November 2, 1982. The elections occurred in the middle of Republican President Ronald Reagan's first term and after the 1980 United States census. Neither chamber of Congress changed hands. The party balance in the Senate remained practically unchanged; Democrats only gained one seat after a Democratic-leaning Independent left the Senate. Democrats won the nationwide popular vote for the House of Representatives by a margin of 11.8 points and gained 26 seats, cementing their majority in that chamber.Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1982 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1982election.pdf U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk 10 April 2017 The House elections took place after the 1980 United States census and the subsequent Congressional re-apportionment.Robertson Andrew W. 1983 American redistricting in the 1980s: The effect on the mid-term elections https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379483900550 Electoral Studies 2 2 113–129 10.1016/0261-3794(83)90055-0 0261-3794 subscription Abramowitz Alan I. 1983 Partisan Redistricting and the 1982 Congressional Elections https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/2130716 The Journal of Politics 45 3 767–770 10.2307/2130716 0022-3816 subscription In the gubernatorial elections, Democrats won a net gain of seven seats. The Democratic election gains have been linked to President Ronald Reagan's unpopularity as a result of the deepening 1982 recession, which many voters blamed on his economic policies. Prior to the elections, some observers predicted a poor performance for Republicans due to the difficult economic conditions.Jacobson Gary C. Kernell Samuel 1982 Strategy and Choice in the 1982 Congressional Elections https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ps-political-science-and-politics/article/abs/strategy-and-choice-in-the-1982-congressional-elections/91D6A6DA1DA6A0968CD3D0B0674545E1 PS: Political Science & Politics en 15 3 423–430 10.2307/418903 0030-8269 subscription The Democrats' gains put a check on Reagan's policies, as the incoming Congress (particularly the House) was significantly less open to Reagan's conservative policies. Despite the Democratic electoral gains, this election was the first time that the Republican Party had successfully defended a majority in either chamber of Congress since 1930.Busch Andrew Horses in Midstream https://archive.org/details/horsesinmidstrea0000busc registration 1999 University of Pittsburgh Press 126–135 See also 1982 United States House of Representatives elections 1982 United States Senate elections 1982 United States gubernatorial elections References 1982 Category:United States midterm elections Category:November 1982 in the United States