12th Doctor
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« on: May 01, 2004, 05:05:59 PM » |
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Since this didn't get much attention where I put it before, I'll just move it here and give it it's own thread.
Okay, this whole idea is just stupid. The only reason why things are the way they are now is because we are in a period of deallignment heading into a new realignment. It has nothing to do with the Reagan Revelution being bad for America, although the realignment is being caused by it.. Here are some of the signs that realignment is taking place:
1) Many party switchers, ticket spliters and independents
2) 3rd party candidates become more important in deciding elections
3)The Electoral College Misfires
4) Special interests groups become as important as goverment institutions in governing.
5) Courts become more important than legislature in deciding issues facing the country.
6) Increasing partisanship by the two parties in Congress.
7) Long periods of divided government or slim party control.
Gee, that sounds a lot like today doesn't it? Realignment has happened 6 times in our nations past and we have always emerged from it in the past.
If Bush wins, common consensus says that the realignment will be sealed and we will enter what serious Political Scientists are already calling the "Republican Era".
If Kerry wins, then we will continue in a period of dealignment, perhapes for the next two decades.
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