was 1952 a realigning election?

[TheElectoralBoobyPrize]

I've never been a fan of saying 1968 was a realigning election because policy did not move significantly to the right after Nixon's election like it would after Reagan's (also Reagan won the Senate while Nixon did not win either house). Nixon's election was also largely due to splits among Democrats over the Vietnam War and Civil Rights. The New Deal consensus was not threatened as the economy was doing well, unlike 1980.

I suppose 1968 works as a realigning election if you're looking just at presidential elections, but if that's the case, 1952 could still be seen as a realigning election because Republicans would go on to win 6 of the next 9 presidential elections and only in one of those three losses did they lose by a lot.

[TheElectoralBoobyPrize]

You could argue that every election is a realigning election in some regard.

I don't think ANYONE is arguing that elections where the incumbent president is reelected (or hell, the incumbent PARTY is reelected) are realigning elections.