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In the '''midterm elections of 1950''', the [[Republican Party]] gained 28 seats in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] and five seats in the [[U.S. Senate]] from the [[Democratic Party]].

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After making an impressive political comeback by winning reelection in 1948, [[Harry Truman]] was going through a second wave of unpopularity over his handling of the [[Korean War]], and "losing" [[China]] to [[Communist]]s.

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Republicans, including General [[Dwight Eisenhower]], attacked Truman's domestic policies as "modeled on the Socialist governments of Europe." <ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3468301903.html</ref>

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A record Forty-one million ballots were cast in the election. It was clear that Democratic dominance in [[Congress]] was weakening. The Democrats' majority margin slipped from eighty-eight to thirty-six seats in the House, and two seats in the Senate.

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==References==

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[[category:Politics]]

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[[category:Republican Party]]

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[[category:Democratic Party]]

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