The Myth of the Conservative Shift in American Politics
A Research Note
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10875600 |
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| Authors | Laurent Schwab (0009-0006-0310-8676, John Carroll University, corresponding author), Larry M Schwab (John Carroll University) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 817-823 |
| Publication date | 1988-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Western Political Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-4078 • E-ISSN: 2325-8675 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591298804100414 |
| OpenAlex | W2019826054 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
RESIDENT Reagan's two landslide victories and Republicans' first Senate majority in over 25 years suggested to many people that American politics moved to right in 1980s. According to political analysts from a wide range of ideological perspectives, United States experienced a significant conservative shift. For example, liberal columnist Anthony Lewis (1980: A35) stated: What happened in 1980 election reflected a profound and general turn to conservatism in this country. And conservative National Review (1984: 14) concluded that recent presidential elections reflected the plain fact that voters are rejecting liberal extremism. On other hand, some scholars questioned conservative eighties thesis through analyses of presidential elections, congressional elections, public opinion polls, and referendum votes. Navarro (1985), for instance, examined a large amount of public opinion data and found continued support for federal social programs by most Americans during 1980s. He concluded
Conservatism · Ideology · National election · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Politics of the United States · Presidential election · Presidential system · Public opinion · Referendum · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Public Administration
| Highly cited | No |
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