The VP Advantage: How Running Mates Influence Home State Voting in Presidential Elections

ISBN-13: 9781628926088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 224 str.

Kyle C. Kopko; Christopher J. Devine

Opis

Political commentators, campaign operatives, and presidential candidates often believe that there is a vice presidential home state advantage in presidential elections. In recent elections, presidential campaigns have even changed their strategy in response to these perceived advantages. In this volume, Kopko and Devine demonstrate that vice presidential home state advantages are highly conditional, but that a vice presidential candidate could change the outcome of a presidential election. A critical look at the election process and the Presidency, "The VP Advantage" provides a thorough and insightful analysis of an understudied aspect of our executive branch.

Spis treści

Part I: Enduring Perceptions of a Vice Presidential Home State Advantage Chapter 1: Origins and Evolution of the Vice Presidential Home State Advantage; Or, the More Things Change. Chapter 2: Evidence of an Enduring Perception Chapter 3: How the Perception of a Vice Presidential Home State Advantage Influences Campaign Behavior Part II: The Vice Presidential Home State Advantage - How Much, When, and Why? Chapter 4: Operationalizing the Vice Presidential Home State Advantage Chapter 5: What Explains the Home State Advantage? Chapter 6: Do Home State Candidacies Influence Individual Political Behavior? Part III: Does the Vice Presidential Home State Advantage Matter? The Do's and Don'ts of Selecting Running Mates Chapter 7: The 1960 Presidential Election - Did Johnson Deliver Texas and the South? Chapter 8: The 2000 Presidential Election - How Al Gore Could Have Defeated George W. Bush. Chapter 9: Home State Considerations Chapter 10: Conclusion