Connecting With Constituents - Identification Building and Blocking in Contemporary National

Informationen zum Autor By Tammy R. Vigil Klappentext Connecting with Constituents examines the strategies presidential and vice presidential nominees and their surrogates employ while speaking at national nominating conventions to encourage voters to build bonds with one candidate and party and to discourage listeners from forming connections with the opposition. It examines addresses from 1980 to 2012. Zusammenfassung Connecting with Constituents examines the strategies presidential and vice presidential nominees and their surrogates employ while speaking at national nominating conventions to encourage voters to build bonds with one candidate and party and to discourage listeners from forming connections with the opposition. It examines addresses from 1980 to 2012. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Importance of Presidential Campaigns and Nominating ConventionsChapter One: Identification and the Race for the White HouseChapter Two: Setting the Tone: Convention Keynote AddressesChapter Three: Relying on Others: Special Surrogates SpeakChapter Four: Running Mate Challenges: Vice Presidential Nominees' Acceptance SpeechesChapter Five: When Wives Speak: Addresses by Nominees' SpousesChapter Six: The Main Event: Presidential Nomination Acceptance AddressesConclusion: The Ties that Bind: Lessons from Convention Speeches

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• Authors: Vigil, Tammy Vigil, Tammy R. Vigil
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9780739199039
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9903-9
• No. of pages: 446
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United States of America, USA, Elections & referenda, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Political parties and party platforms, Elections and referenda / suffrage