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CANADA'S APPARENT POLITICAL REALIGNMENT IS ILLUSORY, BASED STRICTLY ON THE RELATIVE POPULARITY OF INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RATHER THAN ON A GROWING DISCONTENT WITH THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICIES OF THE CONSERVATIVE AND LIBERAL PARTIES.

THIS STUDY FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CROSSCUTTING ISSUES, ELECTORAL REALIGNMENTS, THE U.S. HOUSE AND PUBLIC POLICY CHANGES DURING THE CIVIL WAR, 1890'S AND NEW DEAL REALIGNMENTS. THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE CIVIL WAR AND 1890'S REALIGNMENTS WERE MORE POLARIZED THAN WAS THE NEW DEAL REALIGNMENT, AND THE EXTENT OF PARTY STRUCTURING OF ISSUE DIMENSIONS WAS GREATER.

THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE 1980 ELECTION WAS ONE OF REALIGNMENT IS ANSWERED NEGATIVELY. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR REALIGNMENT EXIST, BUT THAT REALIGNMENT HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE. THAT THE ELECTORATE NOW SEES THE PRESIDENT, AND NOT CONGRESS, AS THE SOURCE OF REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES IS POINTED OUT, AS IS THE PHENOMENON OF THE ONE-TERM PRESIDENT: FAILING TO DELIVER, THE NEXT IS ELE

FOLLOWING CERTAIN STUDIES IN THE UNITED STATES, THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE QUESTION OF THE REPLACEMENT OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATIVES IN REALIGNING ELECTIONS. IN RESPONDING TO THIS QUESTION, A THREE-STEP VERIFICATION STRATEGY WILL BE USED. FIRST, WITH THE AID OF A VOLATILITY INDEX, THE AUTHORS DEFINE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ELECTIONS IN QUEBEC SINCE 1867. THEY THEN EXAMINE THE CHANGES IN PARLIAMENTARY MEMBERS (TURNOVER-ELECTORAL DEFEAT), AS WELL AS THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS (IN AGE, EDUCATION, OCCUPATION) AMONGST PARLIAMENTARY MEMBERS IN REALIGNING ELECTIONS. IN GENERAL, IF A RELATION EXISTS BETWEEN ELECTORAL REALIGNMENTS AND CHANGES IN ELECTED MEMBERS, THE RESULTS ARE LESS PRONOUNCED THAN IN STUDIES OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.

PARTISAN REALIGNMENT THEORY, WHICH WOULD HAVE PREDICTED A MAJOR REALIGNMENT IN THE US PARTY SYSTEM BY APPROXIMATELY 1972 - AN EVENT WHICH DID NOT OCCUR - IS EXAMINED BY LOOKING AT BRITISH DEALIGNMENTS AND THEN MAKING COMPARISONS WITH THOSE IN THE US. THE AMERICAN PARTY SYSTEM, AND THE STRUCTURAL INDUCEMENTS WHICH TEND TO LEAD SMALLER GROUPS TO ORGANIZE WITHIN IT, ARE EXAMINED IN SOME DETAIL.

The most prevalent theme in American politics is change. The nation's unceasing inclination toward change shapes electoral behavior during a subsequent election, constantly evolving American foreign policy, prominent social issues, and economic advancement. The nation's historical bipartisan system has facilitated electoral shifts that have been consequently defined as critical elections, or political realignments. These critical elections realigned the electorate from one party's platform with inherent values, policies, and social positions, to another that felt progressively applicable for both the social and economic climate of the time. This research explores the various political alignments throughout our nation's history, and how those realignments shaped both the values of the electorate and the American political system to date.

Untersucht werden die amerikanischen Kongreßwahlen vom 8.11.1994 und wie sie sich in die Langzeitentwicklung der politischen Kultur des Landes einfügen. Das Wahlergebnis und der Ruck durch das Parteiengefüge werden insbesondere als zeitgemäßer politischer Ausdruck der Entwicklung hin zu einer postindustriellen Gesellschaft gedeutet. Im Gegensatz zur industriellen Ordnung des New Deal zeichnet sich ein nachindustrielles politisches System vor allem durch nachlassende Parteibindungen, Dezentralisierung und die Hinterfragung der traditionellen Rolle des Staates als zentraler Steuerungsinstanz aus. (SWP-Smr)