LEADER 03847nam 2200577 450 001 9910815255703321 005 20230808205150.0 010 $a1-62922-039-6 010 $a1-62922-040-X 035 $a(CKB)4330000000000895 035 $a(OCoLC)945136379 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse45874 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4443938 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11172360 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL948298 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4443938 035 $a(EXLCZ)994330000000000895 100 $a20151021d2016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aCulture, rhetoric, and voting $ethe presidential election of 2012 /$fedited by Douglas M. Brattebo [and three others] 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAkron, Ohio :$cThe University of Akron Press,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource 311 $a1-62922-038-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : culture, rhetoric and voting in the 2012 election : historical observations / Douglas M. Brattebo and Robert J. Pauly, Jr. -- PART I. PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION, AND CULURE. Understanding Barack Obama's leadership : gamble of the "rational democrat" / William D. Pederson -- Church and state in America : what Roger Williams might say regarding the 2012 presidential election / Max J. Skidmore -- Perceptions of Mormonism : Romney's faith-based challenges / Luke Perry -- The culture wars in the 2012 presidential election / Graham G. Dodds -- PART II. RHETORIC. The irrelevance of truth : postrhetorical campaigning and the 2012 conventions / Justin S. Vaughn -- The politics of inequality : how Team Obama appealed to the base in the 2012 presidential election / Matthew R. Miles -- No Soviet domination : presidential debates, the media, and public reaction / Douglas Mock -- Barack Obama's evolutionary rhetoric as a strategy for supporting same-sex marriage / Casey Malone Maugh -- PART III. VOTING. The predisposing, motivating, and constraining factors of early voting : assessing the impact of campaign strategies and voting laws / Lisa Hager -- Who plays the decider? : analyzing key voters in the 2012 election : "a mad men party in a modern family world" / William J. Miller and Sean D. Foreman -- Constituency appeals and group voting in the 2012 presidential election / Mark D. Brewer and Richard J. Powell. 330 $a"The presidential election of 2012 was among the most important in American history, both for the policies that will persist due to its result as well as the national political transformation it portends. The contest's outcome was the product of complex and fast-moving societal changes--demographic, technological, and economic--surfacing in American society. This volume, consisting of writings by leading scholars of American politics and the American presidency, examines the 2012 presidential election in its many facets. Particularly prominent in these analyses are: psychology, religion, and culture, rhetoric, and voting"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection$y2012 606 $aVoting$zUnited States 606 $aPolitical campaigns$zUnited States 606 $aPresidential candidates$zUnited States 606 $aElections$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2009-2017 615 0$aPresidents$xElection 615 0$aVoting 615 0$aPolitical campaigns 615 0$aPresidential candidates 615 0$aElections 676 $a324.973/0932 702 $aBrattebo$b Douglas M. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815255703321 996 $aCulture, rhetoric, and voting$94077086 997 $aUNINA