1. Divided We Govern, David R. Mayhew, page 182
 
Critics of divided government have proposed more disciplined political parties to unify the president and the congress, thereby helping to overcome the effects of the separation of powers. However, the divided government that the separation of powers helps to create works as well as the unified government that party discipline would establish.

2. A Theory of Critical Elections, V.O. Key, Jr., page 190

Critical elections begin a long-term realignment from the previously dominant party to a new majority group.


3. Politics By Other Means, Benjamin Ginsberg and Martin Shefter, page 200


Political parties and elections play a central role in the democratic process. Party decline and electoral decay have intensified institutional conflict and politics by other means.

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