WAS REAGAN'S VICTORY A WATERSHED IN AMERICAN POLITICS?

In: The political quarterly: PQ, Band 52, Heft 2, S. 171-183

Abstract

THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE 1980 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND PROBES THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE 1980 ELECTION WAS A WATERSHED AS BELIEVED BY REPUBLICAN COMMENTATORS AND ROOSEVELTIAN NEW DEALERS WHO HAVE BECOME CONVERTS TO REPUBLICAN CONSERVATISM. THE TERM "WATERSHED ELECTION" IS DISCUSSED IN 2 SENSES: THE REALIGNMENT THESIS AND AS AN "END OF AN ERA." THE AUTHOR SEES AMERICAN DESIRE FOR SECURITY AND STABILITY.