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refers to the event in which the former majority party becomes the minority party, and the former minority party becomes the majority party. This assumes that party identification and parties matter in American politics. Can be critical or secular.
Critical: happens fast, changes during a critical election, involves people CONVERTING parties. associated with generation changes, usually have a big name to define each generation.
Secular: slow, incremental changes. associated with dying demographics, young people coming to age that have been socialized by different experiences.
it provides some potential explanations for the shifts in party that occurred across the US throughout history. In the south, for example, secular realignment might explain why the area became more republican [white southern dems died off & white republicans replaced them]. For critical realignment, although the last
critical election was FDR's, this can explain the broad expansion of the fed. gov'ts power by the president that eventually paved the way for the govt to have the authority to pass civil rights legislation. Historical significance & political significance is massive.