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A '''partisan realignment''' (often just '''realignment''') is a durable shift in a political system's configuration of voters' [[party identification|partisan identifications]] and [[political party|political parties]]' vote shares. Some realignments occur fairly suddenly as a result of a single [[realigning election]]; other, [[secular realignment|secular realignments]] occur gradually over the course of several election cycles. | A '''partisan realignment''' (often just '''realignment''') is a durable shift in a political system's configuration of voters' [[party identification|partisan identifications]] and [[political party|political parties]]' vote shares. Some realignments occur fairly suddenly as a result of a single [[realigning election]]; other, [[secular realignment|secular realignments]] occur gradually over the course of several election cycles. | ||
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Revision as of 10:42, 27 June 2009
A partisan realignment (often just realignment) is a durable shift in a political system's configuration of voters' partisan identifications and political parties' vote shares. Some realignments occur fairly suddenly as a result of a single realigning election; other, secular realignments occur gradually over the course of several election cycles.