dealign

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de·a·lign

 (dē′ə-līn′)
intr. & tr.v. de·a·ligned, de·a·lign·ing, de·a·ligns
To end or cause to end one's association with a political party.

de′a·lign′ment n.
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(60) Likewise, realignment theorists see successful realignments in the 1850s, 1890s, and 1930s, while simultaneously observing partial "dealignments" that weakened the existing system of party alignments but did not fully displace it in the 1960s and 1980s.