It's called dealignment, and it's fine – as long as you think Ukip, the Greens or assorted nats – Scots and Welsh, Irish and English – have the answer. |
Research suggests that, through partisan dealignment, the proportion of voters in Western democracies who retain their long-term partisan identities has been reduced. |
Key focus areas are voter turnout and participation, group voting behavior, the expansion of suffrage, and political realignment and dealignment. |
The European results demonstrate the dealignment of political loyalties that has been accelerating under New Labour. |
While the decline in party identification suggests there may have been a dealignment in American politics, voting behaviour suggest there has not. |
This happens, for example, with dealignment, dirty or damaged muting sensors. |