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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300484503321

Autore

O'Brien Shannon Bow

Titolo

Why Presidential Speech Locations Matter [[electronic resource] ] : Analyzing Speechmaking from Truman to Obama / / by Shannon Bow O'Brien

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-78136-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 pages)

Collana

The Evolving American Presidency

Disciplina

352.2380973

Soggetti

United States—Politics and government

Political leadership

Legislative bodies

Political communication

Cultural policy

Political science

US Politics

Political Leadership

Legislative and Executive Politics

Political Communication

Cultural Policy and Politics

Governance and Government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Overview -- 2. Growth in Speechmaking -- 3. Census Regions -- 4. Media Markets -- 5. Electoral College Results -- 6. Presidents Abroad: Foreign Speeches -- 7. All Work and No Play: How Presidents Use Vacation Locations -- 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores speeches by American presidents. Domestic public presidential speechmaking helps us understand the pressures, priorities, and targeted audiences of different presidencies. Many administrations generally work to reinforce already existing support though some may try to reach out to new areas. Census areas help us



better understand where presidents prioritize speeches in certain areas of the country. Designated Market Areas, or media markets, allow us to look at presidential speechmaking without geographical constraints and focus on areas of population concentrations. Electoral College results show that most administrations prefer to give speeches in places where they have the most electoral support to reinforce their bases. The chapter on vacation locations explores how some presidents use Camp David or their homes as places to actively speak, while some administrations just use them as retreats. Foreign speeches allow us to see that most presidents prefer to speak in openly free countries more than other places.