[habs4ever]

Ronnie also had a thing called the recession of '81-82.Asking the public "to stay the course" wasn't popular, was it? Funny how things bottomed in November 1982.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Regardless, Reagan lost seats. He wasn't able to convince enough voters that the poor economic times weren't his fault and that he had a solution to them. Reagan was still a great president despite his congressional seat losses.