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Specific term required. Thomas Ferguson theorized that this process occurs when business elites form new “investment blocs.” Eric Schickler theorized a “racial” form of this process due to altered “social group imagery” despite the stable attachments of “hearts and minds.” David Mayhew challenged the alleged periodicity of this process, whose gradual “secular” evolution was contrasted with its sudden, “critical” onset by V. O. Key, Jr. Since (-5[1])2000, (-5[1])this process (10[1])has occurred with respect to educational attainment among whites, causing America’s “diploma divide.” (10[1]-5[2])This process may be heralded (10[1]-5[1])by good showings by minor challengers that threaten to act as spoilers. In the US, this process (-5[1])is dated (-5[1])to 1828, 1860, (10[1])1896, (10[1])and 1932, (10[2])whose elections divide (10[1])the five party systems. For 10 points, what process (-5[1])describes systemic shifts (-5[1])in voters’ (10[1])party (-5[1])preferences and electoral patterns? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[6])

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