Party realignment
CLEP American Government, Chapter 27 Party realignment A party realignment is a durable reorganization of party coalitions, issue divisions, geographic support, or governing dominance. It can occur rapidly around a crisis or accumulate across decades. The defining feature is not drama but persistence. Researchers look for groups that change recurring party loyalty, issues that reorganize […]
New Deal coalition
CLEP American Government, Chapter 27 New Deal coalition After the Civil War, Republicans drew strength from Union loyalty, northern industry, Union veterans, and many farmers, while Democrats retained much of the white South and built support in many urban immigrant communities. Late-nineteenth-century contests were often close, and conflict over tariffs, currency, industrialization, patronage, and agrarian […]
