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The Collapse Of The Democratic Presidential Majority David G Lawrence

The Collapse Of The Democratic Presidential Majority By David G Lawrence

The Collapse Of The Democratic Presidential Majority by David G Lawrence


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Summary

This book makes sense of electoral politics in terms of the tensions between realignment and dealignment. It combines analysis of presidential elections in the postwar world with theories of electoral changeshowing how Reagan bridged the eras of re- and dealignment.

The Collapse Of The Democratic Presidential Majority Summary

The Collapse Of The Democratic Presidential Majority: Realignment, Dealignment, And Electoral Change From Franklin Roosevelt To Bill Clinton by David G Lawrence

American electoral politics since World War II stubbornly refuse to fit the theories of political scientists. The long collapse of the Democratic presidential majority does not look much like the classic realignments of the past: The Republicans made no corresponding gains in sub-presidential elections and never won the loyalty of a majority of the

About David G Lawrence

David G. Lawrence is professor of political science at Fordham University and studies voting and elections, public opinion, and political participation.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- The Collapse of the Democratic Presidential Majority -- The Decline of New Deal Economic Cleavage: Social Class and Issue Salience -- Decreasingly Latent Cleavages: Race and the Roosevelt Coalition from 1948 to 1972 -- The Emergence of the Second Mini-Realignment: Ideological Extremity and Democratic Defection -- The Fragile Extension of the Second Mini-Realignment: Retrospective Voting and the Politics of Prosperity -- Mondale's Revenge: Ideology and Retrospective Evaluations in 1992 -- Conclusion: Realignment, Dealignment, and Electoral Change from Roosevelt to Clinton

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The Collapse Of The Democratic Presidential Majority: Realignment, Dealignment, And Electoral Change From Franklin Roosevelt To Bill Clinton by David G Lawrence
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2019-09-13
240
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