In U S politics, this term refers to occasional historic shifts of public opinion and voter concerns that either undermine or enhance one or another party's traditional base of support The term is generally applied to national elections which clearly shift the majority and minority status of the two U S major political parties, or which replace one of the two major political parties with one that previously had been a "third party " Realignment may be based on many factors, such as the reaction to party positions on a critical issue of national concern (as was the case with the slavery issue in the 1860s), credit or blame for handling a national crisis (such as the Great Depression of 1929,) or substantial changes in the demographic make-up of the voting populace
The movement of an employee and his/her position when: an organization change occurs, the employee stays in the same agency, and there is no change in the employee's position, grade or pay
Occurs when the pattern of group support for political parties shifts in a significant and lasting way, such as in the latter half of the twentieth century, when the white South shifted from Democratic to Republican
If a company, economy, or system goes through a realignment, it is organized or arranged in a new way. a realignment of the existing political structure