The Rise and Fall of Third Parties

Riley, Walter L.; Hesseltine, William B.

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“…Both periods show strikingly similar low levels of general election defeat proportions (less than 10%), which have extended from the end of World War II in the fifth period. We might speculate that both periods are relatively nonpartisan, the first occurring before the mass electorate had firm party loyalties (see Silbey, 1994) and the last occurring during a time of partisan dealignment. The data also appear to support the idea that the post-1964 period is a distinctive period in American political history.…”

Section: House Turnover: Overall Forms and Patternsmentioning

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A New Look at Turnover in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789-1998

Swain

Borrelli

Reed

et al. 2000

American Politics Quarterly

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Despite concern with turnover in the U.S. House of Representatives, few scholars have attempted to view turnover in historical perspective or in all its forms. Confusion over the basic facts has impeded attempts to explain and evaluate levels of turnover. We present a broad descriptive overview of turnover over the entire history of the U.S. House in terms of the levels of overall turnover, forms thereof, and patterns, particularly within party periods. The findings include that turnover has declined over the years but not in a continuous fashion and not evenly among the different forms, that general election defeat is not the primary form of turnover, that common methods of reporting turnover magnify the apparent importance of electorally based turnover, and that turnover varies systematically by party period. A research agenda is proposed for explanatory work on turnover including strategic retirement and the impact of partisan realignments on levels and forms of turnover.

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Section: House Turnover: Overall Forms and Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%