Balancing the Ticket: How Selecting A Vice President Has Changed in the Modern Era
dc.contributor.author | Boxleitner, Jon Arthur | en |
dc.contributor.committeechair | Brians, Craig Leonard | en |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Hult, Karen M. | en |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Walcott, Charles E. | en |
dc.contributor.department | Political Science | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-14T20:50:20Z | en |
dc.date.adate | 2009-01-07 | en |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-14T20:50:20Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2008-12-09 | en |
dc.date.rdate | 2009-01-07 | en |
dc.date.sdate | 2008-12-18 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Over the past century, the role of the vice presidency has increased drastically, to the point that some view the president and the vice president as a co-presidency. When this started and who perpetuated the change is up to debate, but the fact that the vice presidency and the vice-presidential selection process have increased in visibility and importance is not. This project analyzes the changes that occurred in the selection of the vice-presidential running mates in the last four decades by comparing the news coverage of the vice-presidential selection process in the years 1968 and 2000. What characteristics (such as ideology, compatibility, moral character, experience, etc.) do the media value most when reporting on the vice-presidential selection? The study observes the presidential election-year months of March through December in order to acquire data from the time the veepstakes speculation starts—after a presidential candidate secures enough delegates to win the nomination—to after the general election—where the electoral impact of the vice-presidential choice can be interpreted. | en |
dc.description.degree | Master of Arts | en |
dc.identifier.other | etd-12182008-135618 | en |
dc.identifier.sourceurl | http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12182008-135618/ | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36274 | en |
dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
dc.relation.haspart | ThesisVTMA08-1.pdf | en |
dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
dc.subject | running mate | en |
dc.subject | veepstakes | en |
dc.subject | balance the ticket | en |
dc.subject | balancing the ticket | en |
dc.title | Balancing the Ticket: How Selecting A Vice President Has Changed in the Modern Era | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Political Science | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts | en |
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