Comments on: Cycles in American National Electoral Politics, 1854-2006: Statistical Evidence and an Explanatory Model http://abstractpolitics.com/2008/05/cycles-in-american-national-electoral-politics-1854-2006/ Reviewing the latest research in political science Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:58:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Adam Brown <span class="status">The post author</span> http://abstractpolitics.com/2008/05/cycles-in-american-national-electoral-politics-1854-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Adam Brown The post author Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:23:18 +0000 http://abstractpolitics.com/?p=15#comment-43 <blockquote>what does it say about a society when we don’t have [a third party]?</blockquote> It says nothing about our society, only about our <a href="http://wikisum.com/w/Cox:_Making_votes_count" rel="nofollow">electoral rules</a>.

what does it say about a society when we don’t have [a third party]?

It says nothing about our society, only about our electoral rules.

]]> By: mark rukman <span class="status">Unregistered</span> http://abstractpolitics.com/2008/05/cycles-in-american-national-electoral-politics-1854-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-40 mark rukman Unregistered Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:30:38 +0000 http://abstractpolitics.com/?p=15#comment-40 ah the grass is always greener. well we're in a reform era, the beginning, the age of reagan just ended, now the age of Obama begins. this will build up the social infrstructure so that republicans can trim it in the future, and then democrats will build it back up? maybe a viable third party will emerge? what does it say about a society when we don't have one, is that what makes us more stable and powerful than others, because we've reduced the argument to this or that? not this that or the other...beware of the other. ah the grass is always greener. well we’re in a reform era, the beginning, the age of reagan just ended, now the age of Obama begins. this will build up the social infrstructure so that republicans can trim it in the future, and then democrats will build it back up? maybe a viable third party will emerge? what does it say about a society when we don’t have one, is that what makes us more stable and powerful than others, because we’ve reduced the argument to this or that? not this that or the other…beware of the other.

]]> By: Abstract Politics - Follow Up -- Off Topic: Stop procrastinating and get back to work! http://abstractpolitics.com/2008/05/cycles-in-american-national-electoral-politics-1854-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Abstract Politics - Follow Up -- Off Topic: Stop procrastinating and get back to work! Tue, 13 May 2008 16:36:43 +0000 http://abstractpolitics.com/?p=15#comment-5 [...] are also reviews of other articles from the most recent APSR, including “Cycles in American National Electoral Politics, 1854-2006: Statistical Evidence and an Explanatory M...,” which responds to Mayhew’s (2002) severe criticisms of the realignment [...] [...] are also reviews of other articles from the most recent APSR, including “Cycles in American National Electoral Politics, 1854-2006: Statistical Evidence and an Explanatory M…,” which responds to Mayhew’s (2002) severe criticisms of the realignment [...]

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