An Era of Unstable Majorities Continues - Historical Context: An Era Of Tenuous Majorities Continues

With the United States currently experiencing a period of electoral instability, the Hoover Institution Press has released An Era of Unstable Majorities Continues, a new essay series by Political Science Professor Morris Fiorina, providing readers with the historical context to better understand the current political landscape.

The United States is currently experiencing a historically unprecedented period of electoral instability. Describing this period, Fiorina shows how it contrasts with earlier periods in American electoral history and explains how the sorting of the two major political parties into ideologically opposing organizations does not well represent the larger electorate—resulting in the inability of either party to forge lasting majorities.