Sixth Party System

Sixth Party System

← Fifth 1980–?

United States presidential election results between 1980 and 2020. Blue shaded states usually voted for the Democratic Party, while red shaded states usually voted for the Republican Party.

The Sixth Party System is the era in United States politics following the Fifth Party System. As with any periodization, opinions differ on when the Sixth Party System may have begun, with suggested dates ranging from the late 1960s to the Republican Revolution of 1994. Nonetheless, there is agreement among scholars that the Sixth Party System features strong division between the Democratic and Republican parties, which are rooted in socioeconomic class, cultural, religious, educational and racial issues, and debates over the proper role of government.^[1]