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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810793203321

Autore

Nelson Albert J

Titolo

Shadow realignment, partisan strength, and competition [[electronic resource] ] : 1960-2000 / / Albert J. Nelson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002

ISBN

0-313-07533-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 p.)

Disciplina

324.273/09/045

Soggetti

Politics, Practical

Political parties - United States

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [95]-105) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Illustrations -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- Party Cycles -- Separation of Powers and Decline of Parties -- Candidate-Centered Politics and Incumbency -- Regionalism and the Decline of the Democrats -- Postindustrial Dislocation -- Direction of this Book -- 2. SHADOW REALIGNMENT AND NATIONAL PARTISAN VARIATION AND COMPETITION -- National Party Strength Index -- Electoral Periods and Shadow Realignment -- National Partisan Strength in Regions -- National Partisan Competition by State -- 3. STATE PARTISAN VARIATION AND COMPETITION -- National and State Party Strength Indices Compared -- Regional Party Strength -- State Party Competition -- 4. EXPLAINING SHIFTING PARTY STRENGTH, ELECTORAL REFORM, AND CONCLUSIONS -- Predicting Party Strength Indices -- Predicting Presidential Elections -- Gala 2000 -- Electoral Reform -- Bush Problems -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.