Question

Which statement best summarizes a result of the 1994 midterm elections? Democrats received a mandate to take a new approach to government.

Americans were apathetic and uninterested in the midterm election.
A Democratic president was left to work with a Republican Congress.
Voters showed they were willing to continue on the established path.

Answer 1

C.

A Democratic president was left to work with a Republican Congress

Explanation:Edge 2022

Answer 2

Answer: C. A Democratic president was left to work with a Republican Congress.

The 1994 midterm elections occurred during the presidency of Bill Clinton (a Democrat). In the 1994 midterm elections, Republicans had campaigned on the promise of a "Contract with America." Newt Gingrich and Richard Army wrote the document and spearheaded the campaign to take control of Congress back for the Republican Party. (Republicans had not had a majority in the House of Representatives for 40 years.) The Republicans picked up 54 seats in the House of Representatives in the 1994 midterm election, as well as gaining 9 seats in the Senate, to become the majority party in Congress. So they believed they should carry out their "Contract with America" to make changes.