Class dealignment, in short, should be understood as a result of Democrats’ policy decisions in the 1990s and their work since 2000 to actively bring their electoral strategy into line with their ...

The rivalry of two men tells the story of how Democrats fumbled with their traditional base—and how they can win again. American politics, Timothy Shenk quips in his newest book, Left Adrift, “used to ...

Recent polling suggests that working-class voters have soured on the Trump administration over the past year. The president's approval ratings have cratered, war and tariff-induced inflation is on the ...

The squalid state of our present political institutions points to a failure of not just individuals but the system as a whole. Kamala Harris at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. With all eyes ...

Dealignment has arrived. Republicans blew it, and are now so repellent that Americans increasingly reject both political parties. In the latest Washington Post/ABC poll, 43 percent of voters labeled ...

A dealignment is a decay in the preexisting mass bases of support for the political parties—that is, an erosion of the mass party coalitions. Where partisanship reflects a long-term standing decision ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American politics, Timothy Shenk quips in his newest book, Left Adrift, “used to be simple: Republicans were for business, ...