🔄 Party Realignment

Analyses of the seismic shifts in political coalitions, exploring how and why voters, ideologies, and interest groups migrate between parties and reshape the electoral landscape.

Why We're Polarized

by Ezra Klein • 2020

American politics isn't about policy. It's about identity, and the system can't handle it.

4.21

20k+

🧭 Political Polarization 🧠 Political Psychology 📺 Media Fragmentation 🆔 Identity Politics 🗂 Political Sorting

Why We're Polarized

American politics isn't about policy. It's about identity, and the system can't handle it.

by Ezra Klein 2020

4.21

20k+ ratings

🧭 Political Polarization 🧠 Political Psychology 📺 Media Fragmentation 🆔 Identity Politics 🗂 Political Sorting

When They Call You a Terrorist

by Patrisse Khan-Cullors • 2018

Reagan built a movement. Each successor broke a promise. Trump ran on the shattered trust.

4.49

26k+

🐘 Conservative Populism 🌐 Anti-Globalism 🦅 Neoconservatism ☕ Tea Party Movement 🎬 Reagan Conservatism

When They Call You a Terrorist

Reagan built a movement. Each successor broke a promise. Trump ran on the shattered trust.

by Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018

4.49

26k+ ratings

🐘 Conservative Populism 🌐 Anti-Globalism 🦅 Neoconservatism ☕ Tea Party Movement 🎬 Reagan Conservatism

It Was All a Lie

by Stuart Stevens • 2020

Trump didn't hijack the GOP. A veteran strategist admits the party was always heading here.

4.12

4k+

🏛️ American Conservatism 📖 Political Memoir 🎭 White Grievance 🗳️ Voter Suppression ⛪ Evangelical Politics

It Was All a Lie

Trump didn't hijack the GOP. A veteran strategist admits the party was always heading here.

by Stuart Stevens 2020

4.12

4k+ ratings

🏛️ American Conservatism 📖 Political Memoir 🎭 White Grievance 🗳️ Voter Suppression ⛪ Evangelical Politics

Rule and Ruin

by Geoffrey Kabaservice • 2011

A major American party became a purity machine. The inside story of the moderates it eliminated.

4.00

401

🏛️ Rockefeller Republicans 🐘 American Conservatism 🧲 Political Polarization 🗳️ Primary Elections 🍵 Tea Party Movement

Rule and Ruin

A major American party became a purity machine. The inside story of the moderates it eliminated.

by Geoffrey Kabaservice 2011

4.00

401 ratings

🏛️ Rockefeller Republicans 🐘 American Conservatism 🧲 Political Polarization 🗳️ Primary Elections 🍵 Tea Party Movement

Paths Out of Dixie

by Robert Mickey • 2015

The Jim Crow South was authoritarian, not democratic. It fell along three distinct paths.

4.36

📍 Southern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🗳️ Voting Rights 🚫 Racial Segregation 🏢 One-Party Rule

Paths Out of Dixie

The Jim Crow South was authoritarian, not democratic. It fell along three distinct paths.

by Robert Mickey 2015

4.36

39 ratings

📍 Southern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🗳️ Voting Rights 🚫 Racial Segregation 🏢 One-Party Rule

Racial Realignment

by Eric Schickler • 2016

Labor unions and state parties, not presidents, drove the Democratic turn toward civil rights.

4.24

✊ Civil Rights History 🇺🇸 American Political History 🤝 Coalition Politics ⚒️ Labor And Civil Rights 📜 American Political Development

Racial Realignment

Labor unions and state parties, not presidents, drove the Democratic turn toward civil rights.

by Eric Schickler 2016

4.24

46 ratings

✊ Civil Rights History 🇺🇸 American Political History 🤝 Coalition Politics ⚒️ Labor And Civil Rights 📜 American Political Development

Post-Racial or Most-Racial?

by Michael Tesler • 2016

How electing a Black president made racial attitudes more powerful in American politics, not less.

4.06

⚖️ Racial Politics 🇺🇸 American Politics ⚡ Political Polarization 📊 Public Opinion 🧠 Racial Attitudes

Post-Racial or Most-Racial?

How electing a Black president made racial attitudes more powerful in American politics, not less.

by Michael Tesler 2016

4.06

47 ratings

⚖️ Racial Politics 🇺🇸 American Politics ⚡ Political Polarization 📊 Public Opinion 🧠 Racial Attitudes

Deeply Divided

by Doug McAdam • 2014

Postwar consensus shattered over race. Reforms meant to democratize handed activists the keys.

3.91

🌓 Racial Politics ⚡ Political Polarization ✊ Social Movements 🕊️ Civil Rights Movement 🐘 Conservative Movement

Deeply Divided

Postwar consensus shattered over race. Reforms meant to democratize handed activists the keys.

by Doug McAdam 2014

3.91

64 ratings

🌓 Racial Politics ⚡ Political Polarization ✊ Social Movements 🕊️ Civil Rights Movement 🐘 Conservative Movement

Polarized

by James E. Campbell • 2016

Forget the median voter. The base drives polarization. It started with the public in the 1960s.

3.70

🏛️ Political Polarization 🧩 Ideological Sorting 📉 Median Voter Theory ⚖️ Asymmetric Polarization 🗳️ Electoral Behavior

Polarized

Forget the median voter. The base drives polarization. It started with the public in the 1960s.

by James E. Campbell 2016

3.70

23 ratings

🏛️ Political Polarization 🧩 Ideological Sorting 📉 Median Voter Theory ⚖️ Asymmetric Polarization 🗳️ Electoral Behavior

Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics

by Marc J. Hetherington • 2009

A psychological need for order, not ideology, splits Americans. The GOP caught on first.

3.97

121

🔒 Authoritarian Personality 🗳️ Voter Psychology ↔️ Political Polarization ⚠️ Threat Perception 🫂 Ingroup Outgroup

Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics

A psychological need for order, not ideology, splits Americans. The GOP caught on first.

by Marc J. Hetherington 2009

3.97

121 ratings

🔒 Authoritarian Personality 🗳️ Voter Psychology ↔️ Political Polarization ⚠️ Threat Perception 🫂 Ingroup Outgroup

RIP GOP

by Stanley B. Greenberg • 2019

The GOP staked its future on an America that no longer exists. The numbers that prove it.

3.69

113

🗳️ Electoral Politics 📊 Voter Demographics 🏛️ Democratic Strategy 💰 Economic Populism 🔮 Political Forecasting

RIP GOP

The GOP staked its future on an America that no longer exists. The numbers that prove it.

by Stanley B. Greenberg 2019

3.69

113 ratings

🗳️ Electoral Politics 📊 Voter Demographics 🏛️ Democratic Strategy 💰 Economic Populism 🔮 Political Forecasting

The Wrongs of the Right

by Matthew W. Hughey • 2014

Obama's presidency didn't end racial bias; it forced it to learn a more deceptive language.

3.71

🗳️ Racial Backlash 🧠 Implicit Bias 🐕 Coded Language 📰 Media Echo Chambers 🏛️ Critical Race Theory

The Wrongs of the Right

Obama's presidency didn't end racial bias; it forced it to learn a more deceptive language.

by Matthew W. Hughey 2014

3.71

7 ratings

🗳️ Racial Backlash 🧠 Implicit Bias 🐕 Coded Language 📰 Media Echo Chambers 🏛️ Critical Race Theory

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