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1sharp changes in the existing patterns of party loyalty due to changing social and economic conditions7 sets
2an electoral "earthquake" whereby new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones, and the majority party is often displaced by the minority party. these are sometimes marked by a national crisis and may require more than one election to bring about a new party era6 sets
3an electoral "earthquake" where new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones, and the majority party is often displaced by the minority party. critical election periods are sometimes marked by a national crisis and may require more than one election to bring about a new party era.3 sets
4an election that signals a party realignment through voter polarization around new issues3 sets
5electoral "earthquake" where new issues and new coalitions emerge2 sets
6an election that signals a party realignment through voter polarization around new issues.2 sets
7election that marks the emergence of a new, lasting alignment of partisan support within the electorate2 sets
8an election signaling significant change in popular allegiance from one party to another2 sets
9new party comes to dominate politics, signaled by party realignment2 sets
10marks emergence of new lasting alignment of support (every 30 years or so)1 set
11an election that produces a sharp change in the existing pattern of party loyalties among groups of voters.1 set
12election that signals a party realignment through voter awareness on new issues1 set
13election that signals a party realignment through voter polarization and new issues1 set
14marks emergence of new lasting alignment of partisan support1 set
15an election that signals a party realignment through voter polarization1 set
16an electoral "earthquake" whereby new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones, and the majority party is often displaced by the majority party. critical election periods are sometimes marked by a national crisis and may require more than one election to bring about a new party era1 set
17need general therory and examples1 set
18an electoral "earthquake" where new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones, and the majority party is often displaced by the minority party. sometimes marked by a national crises, and may require more than one election to bring about a new party era1 set
19an electoral "earthquake" whereby new issues merge, new coalitions replace old ones, and the majority party is often displaced by the minority party1 set
20electoral "earthquake" where new issues emerge, new coalitions replace the old, and the majority party is often diplaced by the minority party. critical election periods are sometimes marked by a national crisis1 set
21an electoral "earthquake" where new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones, and the majority party is often displaced by the minority party. critical election periods are sometimes marked by a national crisis and may require mroe than one election to bring about a new party era1 set
22an elction that produces a sharp change in the existing pattern of party loyalties among groups of voters1 set
23an election that produces a sharp change in the existing pattern of party loyalties among groups of voters1 set
24sharp changes int eh existing patterns of party loyalty due to changing social and economic conditions1 set
25an election that heralds a realignment, during which large numbers of voters deviate from their traditional party allegiances in what turns out to be a lasting change.1 set
26signals party realignment through voter choices with new issues1 set
27an electoral earthquake: fissures appear in each party's coalition which begins to fracture; new issues appear, dividing the electorate.1 set
28an electoral "earthquake" where new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones, and the majority party is often displaced by the minority party. critical elections periods are sometimes marked by a national crisis and may require more than one election to bring about a new party era.1 set
29an electoral “earthquake” where new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones, and the majority party is often displaced by the minority party. critical election periods are sometimes marked by a national crisis and may require more than one election to bring about a new party era.1 set
30an electoral "earthquake" where new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones, and the majority party is often displaced by the minority party1 set
31when a new party comes to dominate politics1 set
32an electoral earthquake where new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones and and the majority party is often displaced by a minority party1 set
33the coming to power of a new coalition, replacing an old dominant coalition of the other party1 set
34an election where each party's coalition of support begins to break up and a new coalition of forces is formed for each party.1 set
35electoral earthquake where new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old, and majority party is oftn displaced by minority party; sometimes marked by national crisis and may require more than one election to bring about a new party era1 set
36an electoral earthquake whereby new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones, and the majority party is often displaced by the minority party1 set
37election that signals a party realignment through voter polarization around new issues1 set
38an realigning election in which realignment happens in two ways: individuals already in the electorate convert their party attachments, and voters who have never previously voted vote for the party different than predicted by their parents' identification1 set
39an electoral "earthquake" where new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones, and the majority party is displaced by the minority party. sometimes marked by a nat'l crisis1 set