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The
2010 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. During this
midterm election year, all 435 seats in the
United States House of Representatives and 37 of the 100 seats in the
United States Senate were contested in this election along with 38 state and territorial
governorships, 46
state legislatures (except
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
New Jersey and
Virginia),[SUP]
[1][/SUP] four territorial legislatures and numerous state and
local races. The election occurred in the middle of Democratic President
Barack Obama's first term in office.
Approximately 82.5 million people voted.[SUP]
[2][/SUP] The
Democratic Party suffered massive defeats in many national and state level elections, with many seats switching to
Republican Party control. The Republican Party gained 63 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, recapturing the majority, and making it the largest seat change since
1948 and the largest for any midterm election since the
1938 midterm elections. The Republicans gained six seats in the U.S. Senate, expanding its minority, and also gained 680 seats in state legislative races,[SUP]
[3][/SUP][SUP]
[4][/SUP][SUP]
[5][/SUP] to break the previous majority record of 628 set by Democrats in the post-
Watergate elections of
1974.[SUP]
[5][/SUP] This left Republicans in control of 25 state legislatures, compared to the 15 still controlled by Democrats. After the election, Republicans took control of 29 of the 50
State Governorships.
Political analysts in October 2010 predicted sweeping Republican gains this election, but despite a reported "enthusiasm gap" between likely Republican and Democratic voters,[SUP]
[6][/SUP] turnout increased relative to
the last U.S. midterm elections without any significant shift in voters' political identification.[SUP]
[7][/SUP] The swaying views of self-declared independent voters, however, were largely responsible for the shift from Democratic to Republican gains.[SUP]
Bucky you poor little fool.
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