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PARTISAN REALIGNMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Theories and Doctrines
  • Social Movements
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

The discovery of a decline in the percentage of citizens identifying with a specific political party at the end of the 20th century has led to some concern. Initially, partisan realignment was thought to be taking place because of fluctuations in elections in the 1970s and 1980s (Dalton, 2008). Voters were not voting consistently for the same parties over election cycles, as they once had. Partisan realignment is the conversion, or realignment, of large numbers of voters from one political party to another political party.

Key term(s)
  • partisan re-alignment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et doctrines politiques
  • Mouvements sociaux
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
DEF

Fait, de la part de nombreux électeurs, de se reconnaître dorénavant dans les candidats d'un parti donné différent de celui qu'ils appuyaient lors des précédents scrutins.

Spanish

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