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Incumbents in the US House of Representatives have increased their vote percentages in recent decades, raising questions about the efficacy of elections in making members responsive. The evidence, however, indicates there has been no improvement in the electoral fortunes of incumbents in the last 50 years. Only Republicans have improved their electoral fortunes as a result of realignment. This valuable book provides a very different interpretation of how incumbents have fared in recent decades, and the interpretation is supported by non-technical data analysis and presentation.

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This study proposes and assesses an alternative explanation of the changes in the relationship between presidential and House of Representatives election results during the last century. Jeffrey M. Stonecash argues that the separation of presidential and House election results that occurred from the 1960s to 1980 was a party-driven process, with both parties seeking to change their electoral base. Republicans sought a more conservative electoral base to counter what they saw as disturbing liberal trends in the nation. Democrats sought to reduce their reliance on the South and its conservativism. Presidential and House election results changed at different rates, creating an appearance that they were unconnected, but they eventually came together. Although many saw these changes in election results as evidence of parties' decline, this study reaffirms their position as central actors in bringing about change.

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America is divided by two clashing views about individual responsibility. Liberals see many people as not completely responsible for the situation they are in, their opportunities limited by their class, race, and sex. Distribution of outcomes is therefore seen as unjust, and the government has to help offset the limits people face. In contrast, conservatives believe individuals can and must live their lives with a presumption of personal responsibility for what happens. Government assistance is not seen as valuable, but as creating dependency and ultimately crippling to those who receive it.

Liberty --- Responsibility --- Divided government --- Polarization (Social sciences) --- Political parties --- Right and left (Political science) --- Political planning --- Law, Politics & Government --- Human Rights --- United States --- Social policy. --- Social conditions. --- Politics and government. --- Planning in politics --- Public policy --- Planning --- Policy sciences --- Politics, Practical --- Public administration --- Left (Political science) --- Left and right (Political science) --- Right (Political science) --- Political science --- Social groups --- Social influence --- Opposition (Political science) --- Accountability --- Moral responsibility --- Obligation --- Ethics --- Supererogation --- Civil liberty --- Emancipation --- Freedom --- Liberation --- Personal liberty --- Democracy --- Natural law --- Equality --- Libertarianism --- Social control --- Government --- History, Political

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In Counter Realignment, Howard L. Reiter and Jeffrey M. Stonecash analyze data from the early 1900s to the early 2000s to explain how the Republican Party lost the northeastern United States as a region of electoral support. Although the story of how the 'Solid South' shifted from the Democratic to the Republican parties has received extensive consideration from political scientists, far less attention has been given to the erosion of support for Republicans in the Northeast. Reiter and Stonecash examine who the Republican Party lost as it repositioned itself, resulting in the shift of power in the Northeast from heavily Republican in 1900 to heavily Democratic in the 2000s.

Republican Party (U.S.:1854- ) --- History --- 20th century --- Political parties --- Northeastern States --- Politics and government --- Parties, Political --- Party systems, Political --- Political party systems --- Political science --- Divided government --- Intra-party disagreements (Political parties) --- Political conventions --- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) --- GOP (Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )) --- Grand Old Party --- National Union Party (U.S. : 1854- ) --- National Union Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) --- Republican Party --- Republicans (Political party : U.S. : 1854- ) --- Respublikanskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ SShA (U.S. : 1854- ) --- Union Party (U.S. : 1854- ) --- Union Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) --- Northeast (U.S.) --- Northeastern United States --- United States, Northeastern --- Social Sciences --- Political Science