Entry:

Ladd, Everett Carll, "The Brittle Mandate: Electoral Dealignment and the 1980 Presidential Election," Political Science Quarterly, 96 (Spring, 1981), 1-25.

Abstract:

The Republican victories of 1980 do not represent a realignment along party lines, but a "dealignment" from parties altogether. The Democrats' assertion that the Republican successes do not represent a new mandate is correct. However, neither is there a loyal Democratic coalition, but rather a populace responding every four years to presidential referenda.

1980

Other Data Sets:

Gallup 1952, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1979 (5), 1980 (5); CBS/NYT 1980 (4); University of Connecticut Institute for Social Inquiry 1980 (3); ABC/Harris 1980 (2); NBC/AP 1980 (6); ANES 1952, 1956, 1972, 1976, 1980