03-18-2019, 12:51 PM
(02-06-2019, 12:14 PM)Hintergrund Wrote: 1968? 1972? 1980? People agree that a new party system started around then, but can't agree on the exact start. Maybe there really is none, it was a gradual thing.
1980 is widely considered the start of the modern political era, in so far as its taught in the AP Gov curriculum as a critical election where significant "realignment" occurred. There was definite movement toward the R's in the South in the '70's but it was Reagan with "god, guns and gays" that solidified it for a generation.
My economic conservatism prediction isn't holding up well in 2019 but we'll see, that space is still there for a moderate to blow out the Dem primary.