TY - BOOK AU - Nelson,Albert TI - Shadow Realignment, Partisan Strength and Competition: 1960 To 2000 SN - 9780313075339 AV - JK2261.N45 2002 U1 - 324.273/09/045 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Bloomsbury Publishing USA KW - Politics, Practical KW - Political parties -- United States KW - United States -- Politics and government KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Illustrations -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- Party Cycles -- Separation of Powers and Decline of Parties -- Candidate-Centered Politics and Incumbency -- Regionalism and the Decline of the Democrats -- Postindustrial Dislocation -- Direction of this Book -- 2. SHADOW REALIGNMENT AND NATIONAL PARTISAN VARIATION AND COMPETITION -- National Party Strength Index -- Electoral Periods and Shadow Realignment -- National Partisan Strength in Regions -- National Partisan Competition by State -- 3. STATE PARTISAN VARIATION AND COMPETITION -- National and State Party Strength Indices Compared -- Regional Party Strength -- State Party Competition -- 4. EXPLAINING SHIFTING PARTY STRENGTH, ELECTORAL REFORM, AND CONCLUSIONS -- Predicting Party Strength Indices -- Predicting Presidential Elections -- Gala 2000 -- Electoral Reform -- Bush Problems -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3000717 ER -