Wasn't 1992 a realigning election?

[Padfoot]

I think its hard to classify the '92 election as a realignment election because it falls under the same rule as the '76 election.  Carter and Clinton were both Southern Democrats who managed to revive enough Southern white support to win.  Plus, there was a major third party presence that makes it harder to look at trends between the two dominant parties.  As far as realignments go, I don't think there is any evidence that they occur on a nationwide scale.  IMO they are mostly regional and even then it takes several elections for them to actually set in and become permanent.