class dealignment

(20th century)

Theory of voting.

Whereas previously there was a significant relationship between voting and social class, this link is now being broken and other considerations - of policy, moral issues, religious alliance, and so on - are taking its place.

Source:
Henry Drucker et al., eds, Developments in British Politics 2 (London, 1986)


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