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The 1982 United States 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.
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
The margin of victory in a presidential election is the difference between the number of Electoral College votes garnered by the candidate with an absolute majority of electoral votes (since 1964, it has been 270 out of 538) and the number received by the second place candidate (currently in the range of 2 to 538, a margin of one vote is only possible with an odd total number of electors or a ...
1982 United States Senate elections; United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1982; United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1982; United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1982; United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1982; United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1982; United States Senate election in West Virginia, 1982
In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote.
November 2 – United States elections, 1982. The Republican Party loses 27 seats to the majority Democratic Party in the House . November 3 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average surges 43.41 points, or 4.25%, to close at 1,065.49, its first all-time high in more than 9 years.
1982 elections in the United States by state (53 C, 3 P) L. 1982 United States local elections (1 C) S. 1982 state constitutional officer elections in the United ...
It was the first election held after the 1980 United States redistricting cycle. In the previous election of 1980 Republicans gained many seats as the result of President Ronald Reagan's coattails. In 1982, 14 freshman representatives who ran for re-election lost their seats.