The Politics of Realignment: Party Change in the Mountain West

by Randy T Simmons, Peter F. Galderisi, Michael S. Lyons

Book Overview

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 place. Once second only to the southern states...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367310643
• ISBN13: 9780367310646
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.5"