Journal article
Did the party system change from 2012-2016?
Journal of elections, public opinion and parties, v ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp 1-11
21 Jul 2020
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Abstract
We test the implications of the spatial realignment framework against data from the 2012-2016 electoral cycle. The data, which come from the 2011-2016 Voter Study Group survey, include 19 items asked of the same 4705 respondents in two periods. Social issues improved in their ability to separate liberals from conservatives, as well as Republican from Democratic voters. There was limited but statistically significant decline in polarization on some economic items (except trade). Decreased inter-party division on economic items has come with increased intra-party division, albeit asymmetrically between parties and across issues. Increased intra-party divisions are due to vote-switchers not having adopted their new parties' positions. The changes we find are small and mostly consistent with spatial realignment. Overall, they amount to diminution of class-based politics, including on some social issues with redistributive implications.
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- Title
- Did the party system change from 2012-2016?
- Creators
- Jack Santucci - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of elections, public opinion and parties, v ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp 1-11
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 11
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Politics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000554667100001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85088320091
- Other Identifier
- 991019173748404721
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