Examples of Dealignment in the following topics:
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- This is often called a partisan dealignment.
- A partisan dealignment may be occurring today, as more people are identifying as independents and more voters choose based on personal traits of candidates, such as honesty.
- Mass media can contribute to partisan dealignment by focusing attention on candidates' personalities and scandals, which are short-term factors that can influence vote choice.
- Discuss partisan dealignment and the factors that make it more prevalent
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- Realignment means the switching of voter preference from one party to another, in contrast to dealignment where a voter group abandons a party to become independent or nonvoting.
- Dealignment, in short, is a trend or process whereby a large portion of the electorate abandons its previous partisan affiliation, without developing a new one to replace it.
- Furthermore, dealignment refers to a decline by voters to their political party; that is a decrease in party loyalty and voters be less attached to their party.
- This dealignment shows that short term factors might play a larger role than usual in whether a candidate receives a vote from someone of his party.
- Many scholars argue that the trends in elections in the United States over the last several decades are best characterized as dealignment.
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- Conceding that major "shocks" such as the Great Depression could realign or dealign partisanship, some scholars reasoned that a series of smaller shocks over time could also dramatically influence the direction and strength of partisanship.