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CLEP US Government

Category - Parties

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An election trend where voters select the candidates from the political party they are not known to normally vote for and persist in the behavior for several elections would be identified as:
  1. A progressive election
  2. A split election
  3. Electoral dealignment
  4. Electoral realignment
  5. A cascade election
Explanation
Answer: D - An electoral realignment happens when there is a long-term shift in voting patterns among major segments of the population. One clear example of an electoral realignment is when Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected during the Great Depression. He created a Democratic Party coalition that included the working class, immigrants, and racial minorities that lasted for decades.
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