1st Edition
The Politics Of Realignment Party Change In The Mountain West
235 Pages
by
Routledge
235 Pages
by
Routledge
235 Pages
by
Routledge
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The landslide reelection of President Ronald Reagan in 1984 prompted political analysts to consider the possibility of a national realignment of the electorate toward the Republican party. The 1986 elections, however, proved any predictions of a national realignment to be premature. A major shift in voting patterns had not taken place—except in the Mountain West, where a realignment was already in... Read more
Realignment Past and Present -- The Political Landscape of the Mountain West -- State and National Politics in the Mountain West -- Regional Variation in Partisan Change: Realignment in the Mountain West -- Public Opinion and Regional Political Realignment -- The Regional Realignment of Congress, 1919-1984 -- Policy Change and Regional Realignment -- The Etiology of Congressional Realignment in the Mountain West -- Campaigns and Elections in the Mountain States, 1984 -- The Role of Party Organizations in the Mountain West: 1960-1980 -- A Final Word: Realignment Present and Future
Biography
Peter F. Galderisi, Michael S. Lyons, Randy T. Simmons
