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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 [[critical elections|critical 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 [[critical elections|critical election]], while other, [[secular realignment|secular realignments]] occur gradually over the course of several election cycles.


==Realignment theory==
==Realignment theory==


Within [[political science]], the concept of partisan realignment stems from two articles published by [[V.O. Key, Jr.]] in the ''[[Journal of Politics]]'' during the 1950s: "A Theory of Critical Elections" (1955) and "Secular Realignment and the Party System" (1959).
Within [[political science]], the concept of partisan realignment stems from two articles published by [[V.O. Key, Jr.]] in the ''[[Journal of Politics]]'' during the 1950s: "A Theory of Critical Elections" (1955) and "Secular Realignment and the Party System" (1959).

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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 critical election, while other, secular realignments occur gradually over the course of several election cycles.

Realignment theory

Within political science, the concept of partisan realignment stems from two articles published by V.O. Key, Jr. in the Journal of Politics during the 1950s: "A Theory of Critical Elections" (1955) and "Secular Realignment and the Party System" (1959).