Disagree about 82. In the midst of the recession Mondale wins easily.
Yea, LOL at everyone that says Reagan would win in 1982. Reagan's approval ratings that year were as bad or worse than Clinton's in 1994 or Obama's in 2010.
The 1982 midterms were not that bad a defeat for the GOP
The Democrats were unable to gain back all the seats they lost in 1980.
Most midterms the party in power loses all the seats they gained in the previous election cycle and more.
The GOP lost around 25 seats in the House and the only reason the Senate didn’t flip is because the Democrats maxed out the Senate in 1974 and 1976 (those elected in 1976 were up for re election in 82) because of Watergate.
That still meant they had around 10 more seats in the house than they did before 1980
A good part of that is that Dems had to concede more seats to Republicans (a number of the Republicans who picked up Dem seats in 1980 got much safer seats in 1982) in redistricting in many places in order to protect many of their own incumbents.
