Why did the Republican Senate survive the 1982 midterms?
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« on: November 01, 2016, 09:17:06 PM »
They only lost one seat that year, despite the Democrats picking up a lot of House seats and governorships, and there being a nasty recession.
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« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2016, 09:59:04 PM »
Most of the Senate seats up for grabs that year were already held by Democrats and the sitting Republican senators were entrenched incumbents.
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