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Electoral Change in the United States and Great Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2009

Richard W. Boyd
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Major inter-election vote shifts are characteristic of present-day American and British elections. In American elections since 1960 the presidency has changed parties on four of the six occasions. In British elections since 1959 the government has changed parties on four of the eight occasions. Students of both election systems ask whether these large and frequent shifts portend either major realignments or the weakening of the parties. The purpose of this Note is to analyse inter-election changes in the United States and Great Britain and to highlight and explain their differences.

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British Journal of Political Science , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 517 - 528
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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