Concept information
Preferred term
partisan realignment
Definition
- 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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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/partisan_realignment
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