Collapse of the Democratic Presidential Majority - Realignment, Dealignment, Electoral Change From Franklin Roosevelt

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 change?showing how Reagan bridged the eras of re- and dealignment.

List of contents

Preface -- 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 -- Postscript 1996 -- Codes Used to Construct the Dichotomous Occupation Measure -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Appendix 6 -- Appendix 7

About the author

David G Lawrence

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 change-showing how Reagan bridged the eras of re- and dealignment.

Product details

• Authors: David G Lawrence, David G. Lawrence
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.08.1997
• EAN: 9780813399812
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-9981-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Transforming American Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Political Parties, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Political science & theory, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Elections & referenda, Central / national / federal government, Political parties and party platforms, Central government, Elections and referenda / suffrage