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First Party System Realignment Election
1788 1792 1796 1800
G WashingtonElected UnanimousElectoral College Vote
G Washington Electedto Second Term
Unanimous ElectoralCollege Vote
J AdamsFederalist
def.T Jefferson
Democratic-Republican
Alien andSedition Acts
T JeffersonDemocratic Republican
def.J AdamsFederalist
(A Burr ties and House Decides Winn
DemocraticRepublicansEmerge in
Opposition toFederalists
FederalistParty Emerges
InsideCongress to
PushHamilton'sAgenda
No Political PartiesPro-AdminAnti-Admin
No Political PartiesTensions Intensify
Between Hamilton andJefferson
Washington'sFarewellAddressWarns of
Party Politics
DemocraticRepublicans
UtilizeExternal
Mobilizationto DefeatFederalists
1804 1808 1812 1816
(A Burr ties and House Decides Winner)
FederalistsBegin Declineand Disappear
by 1820
12thAmendmentElectoralVotes Cast
Separately forPresident andVice President
War of 1812
T JeffersonDemocratic Republican
Def.C PickneyFederalist
J MadisonDemocratic Republican
Def.C PickneyFederalist
J MadisonDemocratic Republican
Def.D ClintonFederalist
J MonroeDemocratic Republican
Def.R King
Federalist
Second Party System Realignment Election
1820 1824 1828 1832
Era of Good FeelingsDemise of Party Opposition
J. MonroeDemocratic Republican
Wins Unopposed With OneElectoral Vote Thrown to
J Q AdamsDemocratic Republican
J Q AdamsW CrawfordH Clay
A JacksonDemocratic Republicans
Vote Split with Jackson Winning Plurality ofthe Popular and Electoral Vote
J Q Adams Election Decided by HouseJackson Alleges Corrupt Bargain
A JacksonDemocrat
Def.J Q AdamsNationalRepublican
NationalRepublicansCollapseUnable to
Mobilize NewVotersvs
Anti-Masons
A JacksonDemocrat
Def.Henry ClayNationalRepublican
DemocraticParty Emerges
out ofA. Jackson
vs.J Q AdamsElectoralDispute
1836 1840 1844 1848
Whig PartyEmerges toChallengeJackson andDemocrats
M Van BurenDemocrat
Def.W Harrison
Whig
W HarrisonWhigDef.
M Van BurenDemocrat
J K PolkDemocrat
Def.H ClayWhig
Annexation ofTexas Key
Issue in 1844Campaign
Z TaylorWhigDef.L Cass
Democrat
Third Party System Realignment Election
1852 1856 1860 1864
F. PierceDemocrat
Def.W. ScottWhig
Whig PartyDissolves
Over SlaveryIssue
Republican PartyEmerges as
Anti-Slavery Party
Kansas-Nebraska Act of1854
J BuchananDemocrat
Def.J. FremontRepublican
A LincolnRepublican
Def.S Douglas, N. Democrat
J Breckenridge, S. DemocratJ Bell, Constitutional Union
A LincRepublicaA JohnDemoc
DefG McCleDemoc
S CarolinaSecedesCivil WarBegins
April 12 1861
LeeApril
W
1864 1868 1872 1876 1
A LincolnRepublican andA JohnsonDemocrat
Def.McClellanDemocrat
LincolnAssassinatedApril 14 1865
A JohnsonArt of ImpeachmentConviction Fails
US GrantRepublican
Def.H SeymourDemocrat
US GrantRepublican
Def.H GreeleyDemocrat
R HayesRepublican
Def.S Tilden
Despite 51%Popular Vote
J GRep
W. De
Lee SurrendersApril 9 1865 Civil
War Ends
Fourt
Realig
1880 1884 1888 1892
J GarfieldRepublican
Def.W. HancockDemocrat
GarfieldAssassinatedby DisgruntledOffice Seeker
Chester AArthur
Succeeds asPresident
G ClevelandDemocrat
Def.J Blaine
Republican
B HarrisonRepublican
Def.G ClevelandDemocrat
G ClevelandDemocrat
Def.B HarrisonRepublican De
G Cleveland OnlyNon-Consecutive Term
President
Fourth Party System
Realignment Election
1896 1900 1904 1908
W McKinleyRepublican
Def.WJ Bryan
Democrat/Populist
Wizard of OzPublished
W McKinleyRepublican
Def.WJ Bryan
Democrat/Populist
T RooseveltRepublican
Def.AB ParkerDemocrat
W TaftRepublican
Def.WJ BryanDemocrat B
SpanishAmerican War
1912 1916 1920 1924
W WilsonDemocrat
Def.T Roosevelt
Bull Moose ProgressiveWH Taft
Republican
W WilsonDemocrat
Def.CE HughesRepublican
WG HardingRepublican
Def.J Cox
Democrat
C CoolidgeRepublican
Def.J DavisDemocratR La FolletteProgressive
WWI
Fifth Party System
Realignment Election
1928 1932 1936 1940
H HooverRepublican
Def.A SmithDemocrat
FD RooseveltDemocrat
Def.H HooverRepublican
FD RooseveltDemocrat
Def.A LandonRepublican
FD RooseveltDemocrat
Def.W WilkieRepublican
WWII
1944 1948 1952 1956
FD RooseveltDemocrat
Def.T DeweyRepublican
HS TrumanDemocrat
Def.T DeweyRepublicanS ThurmondDixiecrat
DD EisenhowerRepublican
Def.A StevensonDemocrat
DD EisenhowerRepublican
Def.A StevensonDemocrat
22ndAmendmentTwo TermLimit forPresident
Era of Divided GovernmentParty Dealignment
1960 1964 1968 1972
JF KennedyDemocrat
Def.RM NixonRepublican
JFKAssassinatedNov 22, 1963LBJ Succeeds
LB JohnsonDemocrat
Def.B GoldwaterRepublican
RM NixonRepublican
Def.H HumphreyDemocratG Wallace
American Independent
RM NixonRepublican
Def.G McGovernDemocrat
MLK andRFK
Assassinated
DemocraticParty
ConventionChicago
Vietnam War
1976 1980 1984 1988
J CarterDemocrat
Def.G Ford
Republican
R ReaganRepublican
Def.J CarterDemocratJ AndersonIndependent
R ReaganRepublican
Def.W MondaleG FerraroDemocrats
G Ferraro1st Woman onPresidential
Ticket
GHW BushRepublican
Def.M DukakisDemocrat
1992 1996 2000 2004
WJ ClintonDemocrat
Def.GHW BushRepublicanR Perot
Independent
WJ ClintonDemocrat
Def.B Dole
RepublicanR PerotReform
GW BushRepublican
Def.A Gore
DemocratR NaderGreen
GW BushRepublican
Def.J KerryDemocratR NaderGreen
Newt Gingrich andRepublicans Control Congress
Contract with America
20082012 2014
Hillary?Obama?Gore?
