Whither the American Party System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4806591 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James L Sundquist (0000-0002-2882-8868, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 559-581 |
| Publication date | 1973-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3195 • E-ISSN: 1538-165X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2148162 |
| OpenAlex | W2331830981 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
The Republican mayor of New York City, John Lindsay, becomes a Democrat. Two ambitious young Republicans in the House of Representatives, Ogden Reid of New York and Donald Riegle of Michigan, do likewise. A former Democratic governor and prospective presidential candidate, John Connally, becomes a Republican. Another former Democratic governor, Mills Godwin of Virginia, leaves his party and accepts the Republican nomination for that same office. Meanwhile, two states of the once-solid Democratic South, Tennessee and Virginia, elect a majority of Republicans in their delegations to the House of Representatives. And four states of the former Republican heartland of the upper Midwest-South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin-send to the Senate eight Democrats and not a single Republican. What does it all mean? Political scientists and journalists have been speculating for a decade that a major realignment of the American two-party system may be taking place. Every presidential election during that period
Democracy · Governor · House of Representatives · Nomination · Political science · Politics · Politics of the United States · Presidential system · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Engineering · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1975 - 2026 (52) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |