What Happened to the Republicans in the 1930s
Minority Party Dynamics during Political Realignment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6356010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clyde P Weed (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-23 |
| Publication date | 1989-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3234844 |
| OpenAlex | W2318345158 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Losers have not drawn much attention in political science; the focus is almost entirely on the winners. This is certainly true in the study of partisan realignment, where analysis has centered mainly on explaining the emergence of a new majority party. But to what extent do the machinations of the fallen majority party contribute to securing the political status of the new majority? This article examines that question by exploring what happened to the Republicans in the 1930s. The author argues that the GOP response to the New Deal lies in the perceptions (or misperceptions) of Republican elites and the effects that rapid policy transformation can have on interest groups within party coalitions
Divided government · Dynamics (music · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Politics of the United States · Realigning election · Socialism · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 1998 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |