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The Apartisan American
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The Apartisan American
Dealignment and the Transformation of Electoral Politics



February 2012 | 240 pages | CQ Press
Party identification is often considered the most important concept in modern electoral research—yet Americans' party ties have eroded. Today, independents comprise the largest portion of voters, outnumbering either Democrats or Republicans. This provocative book sheds new light on the dealignment trend with the emergence of an independent voter Dalton is calling the Apartisan American. Utilizing 60 years of electoral surveys, Dalton's friendly and concise narrative shows students just who these apartisans are and how they're introducing new volatility into electoral politics, changing the calculus of electoral decision making, and altering the behavior of political parties. Dalton also shows the same dealignment trend happening in other established democracies. Understanding these apartisans is key to understanding the 2012 election as well as party and electoral politics into the future.
 
The Apartisan American
 
The Two Sides of the Dealignment Debate
 
Do Partisans Go to Heaven?
 
Mobilization and Democratic Citizenship
 
Becoming Active in Politics
 
Images of the Political Parties
 
Making Candidate Choices
 
Switchers, Splitters and Late Deciders
 
Dealignment in Comparative Perspective
 
Electoral Politics Past and Future

Russell J. Dalton

Russell Dalton is a professor at the University of California, Irvine and former director of the Center for the Study of Democracy. His research and teaching focuses on the changing nature of citizen politics in contemporary democracies. He has received a Fulbright Research Fellowship, a German Marshall Fund Fellowship, Barbra Streisand Center Fellowship and POSCO Research Fellowship. He has served on the boards of the American National Election Study, the British Election Study and the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems. Among his recent authored or edited books are The Apartisan American (2012), Political Parties and Democratic... More About Author

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ISBN: 9781452216942
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