ified ▁by ▁the ▁politics ▁of ▁N ort he astern ▁leaders ▁such ▁as ▁Nelson ▁Rock ef eller , ▁Jacob ▁J av its , ▁and ▁Henry ▁Cab ot ▁L odge . ▁The ▁latter ▁stead ily ▁lost ▁influence ▁inside ▁the ▁G OP ▁after ▁ 1 9 6 4 . ▁ ▁Exper ts ▁debate ▁whether ▁this ▁era ▁ended ▁( and ▁a ▁Six th ▁Party ▁System ▁subsequently ▁emer ged ) ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 6 0 s ▁when ▁the ▁New ▁De al ▁coal ition ▁died , ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁when ▁the ▁Mor al ▁Major ity ▁and ▁the ▁Re agan ▁coal ition ▁were ▁formed , ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁when ▁Third ▁Way ▁emer ged ▁among ▁Democr ats , ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 9 0 s ▁during ▁the ▁Republican ▁Revolution , ▁or ▁if ▁the ▁Fif th ▁system ▁continues ▁in ▁some ▁form ▁to ▁the ▁present . ▁ ▁Since ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁the ▁Democr ats ▁position ed ▁themselves ▁more ▁towards ▁liberal ism ▁while ▁conserv atives ▁increasing ly ▁domin ated ▁the ▁G OP . ▁However , ▁new ▁vot er ▁coal itions ▁emer ged ▁during ▁the ▁latter ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁with ▁conserv atives ▁and ▁the ▁Republic ans ▁becoming ▁dominant ▁in ▁the ▁South , ▁rural ▁areas , ▁and ▁sub ur bs ; ▁while ▁liber als ▁and ▁the ▁Democr ats ▁increasing ly ▁started ▁to ▁rely ▁on ▁a ▁coal ition ▁of ▁African - Amer icans , ▁His pan ics ▁and ▁white ▁urban ▁progress ives