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The 1986 United States elections were held on November 4 and elected the members of the 100th United States Congress. The elections occurred in the middle of Republican President Ronald Reagan's second term. Democrats regained unified control of both chambers of Congress for the first time since the 1980 elections.
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 first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of individuals who have served as president. [5]
Presidential elections: Elections for the U.S. President are held every four years, coinciding with those for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate. Midterm elections: They occur two years after each presidential election. Elections are held for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives ...
President Ronald Reagan postpones for one week the State of the Union address that had been scheduled for the evening and instead addresses the nation on the Challenger disaster. January 31 – Two earthquakes (5.0 M w and 4.4 M w ) affected northeastern Ohio causing minor damage and 17 injuries.
Reagan's approval ratings plummeted in 1986 as a result of the scandal, and many Americans began to seriously question his judgement. While the president's popularity improved in his final two years, he never again enjoyed the level of support he had had in 1985. Democrats regained control of Congress in the 1986 midterm elections.
1986 Somali presidential election; 1986 Sudanese parliamentary election; 1986 Togolese presidential election; Asia. 1986 Bangladeshi general election;
1986 – The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by President Reagan. 1986 – Tax Reform Act of 1986; 1986 – The Marshall Islands become independent from the United States. 1986 – The Fox Broadcasting Company launched, becoming the first "fourth major network" since DuMont to offer nightly programming.