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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 in
Democratic attachments, these western states (Arizona, Colorado,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) now compose
the most Republican region in the nation. The contributors to this
volume assert that this substantial change in electoral patterns,
which has spanned nearly forty years, resulted not from a westward
migration but from a widespread conversion among those who are born
and remain in the region. In analyzing this realignment, these
writers-some of the nation's best electoral scholars-provide
historical and contemporary overviews and assess the important
issues not only for voters but also for party organizations and
members of Congress. Their focus in The Politics of Realignment,
however, is on the Mountain West's role in contemporary American
politics. The authors present a comprehensive investigation into
the meaning of this regional realignment for national politics.
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 in
Democratic attachments, these western states (Arizona, Colorado,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) now compose
the most Republican region in the nation. The contributors to this
volume assert that this substantial change in electoral patterns,
which has spanned nearly forty years, resulted not from a westward
migration but from a widespread conversion among those who are born
and remain in the region. In analyzing this realignment, these
writers-some of the nation's best electoral scholars-provide
historical and contemporary overviews and assess the important
issues not only for voters but also for party organizations and
members of Congress. Their focus in The Politics of Realignment,
however, is on the Mountain West's role in contemporary American
politics. The authors present a comprehensive investigation into
the meaning of this regional realignment for national politics.
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