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« on: February 03, 2012, 01:58:56 PM » |
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Clearly 1932, because that was the election which established the Democrats as the center-left and the Republicans as the center-right. Before that, voting was largely based either on Civil War allegiances or ethnic and interest group coalitions which had little to do with ideology. Of course, this remained true somewhat, and the transition still isn't fully complete and may never be. Also, the 1932 election heralded the beginning of the New Deal, which is pretty much the core of "American Liberalism".
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