Author Question: Clear realignments, like the one that occurred in 1932, may not occur again because A) voter ... (Read 69 times)

asd123 · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

Clear realignments, like the one that occurred in 1932, may not occur again because

A) voter turnout has consistently decreased over the last forty years.
B) presidential candidates are rarely as popular with the voters as they used to be.
C) the electoral college is malapportioned.
D) the parties have become divided on multiple salient issues.
E) economic issues rarely dominate presidential campaigns.

Question 2

Scholars refer to a period when a major, lasting shift occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties as

A) a critical or realignment period.
B) a transitional phase.
C) an era of discontent.
D) an era of good feelings.
E) a period of nonpartisanship.