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| party realignment definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | the displacement of the majority party by the minority party, usually during a critical election period | 15 sets | |
| 2 | the displacement of the majority party by the minority party, usually during a critical election period. | 7 sets | |
| 3 | displacement of the majority party by the minority party | 2 sets | |
| 4 | the displacement of the majority party by the minority party, usually during a critical election due to a change in coalitions | 2 sets | |
| 5 | occurs when a party undergoes a major shift in its electoral base and political agenda. the groups of people composing the party coalition may split up, resulting in a fairly different party. realignments are rare and tend to be signaled by a critical election. the last realignment occurred during the new deal, when many working-class and ethnic groups joined together under the democratic party. | 2 sets | |
| 6 | coalitions making up two parties fall apart, or when many groups that make up majority party defect to minority party, rare, usually occur as a result of some major traumatic event | 2 sets | |
| 7 | the movement of voters from one political party to another resulting in a major shift in the political spectrum (characterized by the start of a party era) | 1 set | |
| 8 | a major shift in the voters from one party ton another. | 1 set | |
| 9 | occurs when coalitions making up 2 parties fall apart (rare - usually after huge event like war, economic depression) | 1 set | |
| 10 | shifting of party loyalties in the electorate that remains in place for several years | 1 set | |
| 11 | a shifting of party coalition groupings in the electorate that remains in place for several elections | 1 set | |
| 12 | - an election or set of elections in which the electorate responds strongly to an extraordinarily powerful issue that has disrupted the established political orderhas a lasting impact on public policy, popular support for the parties and the composition of the party coalitions. | 1 set | |
| 13 | a shifting of party coalition groupings in the electorate that remains in place for several elections. | 1 set | |
| 14 | a displacement of the majority party by the minority party, usually during a critical election periods | 1 set | |
| 15 | shifting of party coalition grouping in the electorate that remains in place for several elections | 1 set | |
| 16 | displacement of a majority party by a minority party; happens during a critical election | 1 set | |
| 17 | a shifting of party coalition grouings in the electorate that remains in place for several elections | 1 set | |
| 18 | a critical election involves and accelerates... | 1 set | |
| 19 | a shifting of a party coalition groupings in the electorate that remains in place for several elections | 1 set | |
| 20 | shifting of pary coalition due to shocks | 1 set | |
| 21 | a rare even in american political life that is akin to a political revolution. | 1 set | |
| 22 | the displacement of the majority party by the minority party | 1 set | |
| 23 | shifting of party coalition groupings in the electorate that remains in place for several elections | 1 set | |
| 24 | sharp change of the party in office resulting in issues, party leaders, regional and demographic bases of power of two parties, & structure or rules of political system | 1 set | |
| 25 | process whereby the major political parties form new support coalitions that endure for a long period. | 1 set | |
| 26 | displacement of the majority party by the minority party. | 1 set | |
| 27 | when the minority party becomes stronger than the majority party, usually the result of winning a critical election. | 1 set | |
| 28 | within an election, the candidates chosen are from the opposing party | 1 set | |
| 29 | the displacement of the majority party by the minority party usually during a critical election | 1 set | |