If the midterm elections in 2010 had created a Republican-controlled Congress,the resulting situation would be called a

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A divided government occurs when one political party controls the presidency and the other controls one or both houses of Congress. In this scenario, if the Republicans had won control of Congress in the 2010 midterm elections, they would have had control of one branch of government while the Democrats held the other branch (since Barack Obama was still president). Therefore, the correct answer is (C) divided government.

If the Midterm Elections in 2010 Had Created a Republican-Controlled