Name: From Dominance to Parity. America's Political Parties and the New Era of Electoral Instability
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Author: Brett Parker;David W. Brady
ISBN: 9781503644212

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From Dominance to Parity. America's Political Parties and the New Era of Electoral Instability

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Author

Brett Parker;David W. Brady

Year

2025

Pages

432

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

22.90 x 15.20 cm

ISBN13

9781503644212

From Dominance to Parity. America's Political Parties and the New Era of Electoral Instability

Brett Parker;David W. Brady (Author) · Stanford University Press · Hardcover

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Synopsis "From Dominance to Parity. America's Political Parties and the New Era of Electoral Instability"

At the time Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as the 39th president of the United States, the Democratic Party had been enjoying a half-century of sustained electoral advantage. It had long controlled Congress and dominated measures of party identification. When Carter defeated Gerald Ford in 1976, 40% of Americans called themselves Democrats and another 12% told survey takers they leaned towards the party. To win the election of 1976, Carter just needed to hold the voters that started out on his side. Nearly fifty years later, American politics has inverted itself. Close electoral competition is the norm, and politics are at a stalemate. Brady and Parker call the existing deadlock the era of party parity, an age of division unseen since the late-nineteenth century. This book explains this profound shift in electoral politics. Drawing on fresh datasets and long-running surveys, the authors trace the decline of the Democratic majority and consider how this decline differed from past realignments. They show why modern American presidential elections are always close and argue that the rise of Donald Trump largely reinforced preexisting trends. Their work represents a significant contribution to the scholarly literature on party identification and realignment.