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« on: November 27, 2012, 09:58:32 PM » |
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It's generally noted that for the most part, re-alignments happened every 36 years.
1824 (36 years after our first election), 1860, 1896, 1932, and 1968. I can't really call out anything special about 2004, though certain nuanced arguments could be made (I would never attempt to make them and if they could be made about '04, they can be made about any election).
It was noted in a book I read about McKinley that the three eras of Republican dominance (1860-1884ish, 1896-1932, 1968-2008ish I guess) began with an alliance of sorts with labor. 1860 and 1896 are obvious. However, from what I've read, any hint of specific establishment labor figures going Republican happened in '72, not 1968. I think that could actually be labeled a sort of re-aligning election, though even Nixon's alliance with labor didn't last.
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