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realignment: a standalone construct

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realignment1 CONSTRUCTElectoral realignmentKEY · CRITICAL ELECTIONS

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Political science

A lasting shift in the electorate's party loyalties

In political science, realignment is a durable, large-scale shift in the party loyalties of the electorate, often crystallizing in a single "critical" election that redraws the coalitions of support and sets the terms of politics for a generation. V. O. Key's 1955 A theory of critical elections introduced the idea by identifying elections in which voters sharply and lastingly rearranged their partisan allegiances. The referent is a lasting reorganization of the mass electorate's party attachments, tracked across successive elections.[1]

Unit
A durable shift in the electorate's partisan coalitions
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Detected as sharp, persistent changes in party vote shares and voter coalitions across a sequence of elections

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References

  1. Key, V. O. (1955). A theory of critical elections. The Journal of Politics, 17(1), 3–18. https://doi.org/10.2307/2126401

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