Electoral Realignment PDF

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Politics Realignment and it's meaning...

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The electoral rules in the United States favors a two party so that it can be kept simple. Third parties haven't won seats in major positions such as in Congress or presidency. The United States election rules believes that voter might waste their time on voting for another small or third party. This can create some sort of strategic voting. The two parties in the late 1780s were dominating national political and grew in popularity over time. The United States follows plurality voting roles to create the two dominating systems, Democracy and Republican. Electoral Realignment are transitions in the party systems. These transitions occur to attract or persuade large number of voters to shift their support from one party to another. These transitions can include economic or political issues, or change in power between the parties. If a party rises in power and overcomes the other party, then that party that rose in power becomes the dominant political force. A good example is when the Jeffersonian Republicans defeated the federalist around the 1790s, the Republicans rose in power in American politics....