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The '''Fifth Party System''', also called the '''New Deal Party System''', refers to the system of politics in the United States that began in 1933 with a realignment caused by the [[Great Depression, U.S.|Great Depression in the U.S.]]. The [[New Deal Coalition]] was forged by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and kept his [[U.S. Democratic Party, history|Democratic Party]] in power most of the time until 1968.<ref> Political scientists prefer the term "Fifth Party System"; historians call it the "New Deal System". The [[Party System]] model dates to the early 20th century. The numbering of the systems was introduced in 1967 by William N. Chambers and Walter D. Burnham, eds. ''American Party Systems'' (1967)</ref>.  It followed the [[Fourth Party System]], (usually called the [[Progressive Era]] by historians).  Experts debate whether it ended in the mid-1960s and was replaced by the '''Sixth Party System''', or continues to the present.  Paulson (2006) argues that a decisive realignment took place in the late 1960s.   

The '''Fifth Party System''', also called the '''New Deal Party System''', refers to the system of politics in the United States that began in 1933 with a realignment caused by the [[Great Depression, U.S.|Great Depression in the U.S.]]. The [[New Deal Coalition]] was forged by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and kept his [[U.S. Democratic Party, history|Democratic Party]] in power most of the time until 1968<ref> Political scientists prefer the term "Fifth Party System"; historians call it the "New Deal System". The [[Party System]] model dates to the early 20th century. The numbering of the systems was introduced in 1967 by William N. Chambers and Walter D. Burnham, eds. ''American Party Systems'' (1967)</ref>.  It followed the [[Fourth Party System]], (usually called the [[Progressive Era]] by historians).  Experts debate whether it ended in the mid-1960s and was replaced by the '''Sixth Party System''', or continues to the present.  Paulson (2006) argues that a decisive realignment took place in the late 1960s.   

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