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A THEORY OF CRITICAL ELECTIONS V. 0. KEY, JR. Harvard University PERHAPS the basic differentiating characteristic of democratic orders consists in the expression of effective choice by the mass of the people in elections.' The electorate occupies, at least in the mystique of such orders, the position of the principal organ of gov-
Religious Voting in a Secularised Country: Evidence From Chile’s 2022 Constitutional Referendum. Understanding the 2022 Kenyan presidential election outcome: insights from Key’s critical elections theory. The geography of Hispanic political behavior in Texas, 2012–2022.
- V. O. Key
- 1955
The central holding of realignment theory, first developed in the political scientist V. O. Key Jr.'s 1955 article, "A Theory of Critical Elections", is that American elections, parties and policymaking routinely shift in swift, dramatic sweeps.
A theory of critical elections. JOP 17:3-18. Summary. A basic inquiry into American politics would show that some elections appear to matter more than others. To be sure, the amount of people, intensity of attitudes, nature of expected consequences, and impacts all vary.
An election itself is a formal act of collective decision that occurs in a stream of connected antecedent and subsequent behavior. Among democratic orders elections, so. broadly defined, differ enormously in their nature, their meaning, and their consequences.
Valdimer Orlando Key Jr. (March 13, 1908 – October 4, 1963) was an American political scientist known for his empirical study of American elections and voting behavior. He taught at Johns Hopkins University and Harvard.
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0. Key's article, "A Theory of Critical Elections." Key identified one category of election which he described in an often quoted passage as "an election type in which the depth and intensity of electoral involvement are hi in which more or less profound readjustments occur in the relations of power within the community, and in whi.
