Prediction

1. What do you think realigning election means? Pro tip: it's not a clothing store!

2. Use realigning election in a sentence.

3. Think of an example of realigning election in current events:

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Fun Fact

Definition

Realigning Election: An election during periods of expanded suffrage and change in the economy and society that proves to be a turning point, redefining the agenda of politics and the alignment of voters within parties. This can also be known as a key election or critical election. Our party system has been shaped by these elections which have taken place roughly every generation or 32 years. 1824: Andrew Jackson & the Democrats; 1860: Civil War Republicans; 1886: Republican Progressives; 1932: FDR's New Deal. Check out all the U.S. presidential election maps ever.

Sentence

Judging by the patterns of US history, it is most likely that there has been a realigning election since 1932, where new factions and party members coalesced into a majority force in politics.

Example

Trump May Bring A Republican Recalibration, Not A Realignment

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Question

1. What causes a realigning election?

2. Was 2016 a realigning election?

3. if realigning elections really take place about every 32 years, when have realigning elections happened since 1932?