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The VP Advantage. How Running Mates Influence Home State Voting in Presidential Elections.
Devine, Christopher J.; Kopko, Kyle C.
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Description for The VP Advantage. How Running Mates Influence Home State Voting in Presidential Elections.
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPHL; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
A widespread perception exists among political commentators, campaign operatives and presidential candidates that vice presidential (VP) running mates can deliver their home state's electoral votes in a presidential election. In recent elections, presidential campaigns have even changed their strategy in response to the perceived VP home state advantage. But is the advantage real? And could it decide a presidential election? In the most comprehensive analysis to date, Devine and Kopko demonstrate that the VP home state advantage is actually highly conditional and rarely decisive in the Electoral College. However, it could change the outcome of a presidential election under narrow ... Read more
A widespread perception exists among political commentators, campaign operatives and presidential candidates that vice presidential (VP) running mates can deliver their home state's electoral votes in a presidential election. In recent elections, presidential campaigns have even changed their strategy in response to the perceived VP home state advantage. But is the advantage real? And could it decide a presidential election? In the most comprehensive analysis to date, Devine and Kopko demonstrate that the VP home state advantage is actually highly conditional and rarely decisive in the Electoral College. However, it could change the outcome of a presidential election under narrow ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784993382
SKU
V9781784993382
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About Devine, Christopher J.; Kopko, Kyle C.
Christopher J. Devine is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Ohio, USA Kyle C. Kopko is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania, USA -- .
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