Balancing the Ticket: How Selecting A Vice President Has Changed in the Modern Era

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dc.contributor.authorBoxleitner, Jon Arthuren
dc.contributor.committeechairBrians, Craig Leonarden
dc.contributor.committeememberHult, Karen M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWalcott, Charles E.en
dc.contributor.departmentPolitical Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:50:20Zen
dc.date.adate2009-01-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:50:20Zen
dc.date.issued2008-12-09en
dc.date.rdate2009-01-07en
dc.date.sdate2008-12-18en
dc.description.abstractOver 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.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12182008-135618en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12182008-135618/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36274en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartThesisVTMA08-1.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectrunning mateen
dc.subjectveepstakesen
dc.subjectbalance the ticketen
dc.subjectbalancing the ticketen
dc.titleBalancing the Ticket: How Selecting A Vice President Has Changed in the Modern Eraen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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