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The Realignment of Pennsylvania Politics Since 1960
Two-Party Competition in a Battleground State
By: Renee M. Lamis, James L. Sundquist (Footnotes by)
Paperback | 22 January 2013
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The political party system in the United States has periodically undergone major realignments at various critical junctures in the country's history. The Civil War boosted the Republican Party's fortunes and catapulted it into majority status at the national level, a status that was further solidified during the Populist realignment in the 1890s. Starting in the 1930s, however, Roosevelt's New Deal reversed the parties' fortunes, bringing the Democratic Party back to national power, and this realignment was further modified by the "culture wars" beginning in the mid-1960s. Each of these realignments occasioned shifts in the electorate's support for the major parties, and they were superimposed on each other in a way that did not negate entirely the consequences of the preceding realignments. The story of realignment is further complicated by the variations that occurred within individual states whose own particular political legacies, circumstances, and personalities resulted in modulations and modifications of the patterns playing out at the national level.
In this book, Ren e Lamis investigates how Pennsylvania experienced this series of realignments, with special attention to the period since 1960. She uses a wealth of data from a wide variety of sources to produce an analysis that allows her to trace the evolution of electoral behavior in the Keystone State in a narrative that is accessible to a broad range of readers. Her account helps explain why Senator Arlen Specter was reelected whereas Senator Rick Santorum was not, and why Pennsylvania Republicans have been highly successful in major statewide elections in an era when Democratic presidential standard-bearers have regularly carried the state. Overall, her book constitutes a gold mine of information and interpretation for political junkies as well as scholars who want to know more about how national-level politics plays out within individual states.
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“The book is well written and rich with data and statistical analysis. It will appeal to professional political scientists, journalists covering the state, and students in classes on Pennsylvania politics.”
—Daniel Mallison, Commonwealth
ISBN: 9780271034201
ISBN-10: 0271034203
Published: 22nd January 2013
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 432
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.0
Weight (kg): 0.63
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