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partisan realignment  

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  • A partisan realignment is a shift in the ideological, or partisan, preferences of voters that leads to a transfer of power in government from the majority party to the minority party for a sustained period. These realignments can occur within a single election or take several elections to manifest and often revolve around new issues or political events. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Realignment, Partisan]

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