Missed opportunity : Gore, incumbency and television in election 2000 / / E.D. Dover

• Autore: Dover E. D (Edwin D.), <1946->
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.973/0929
• Soggetto topico: Presidents - United States - Election - 2000; Television and politics - United States; Political campaigns - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-198) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- MISSED OPPORTUNITY -- CONTENTS -- 1 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN THE TELEVISION AGE -- EVOLUTION OF THE VICE PRESIDENCY -- Origins and Early History -- The Early Twentieth Century -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN PRESIDENCY -- The Vice Presidency since 1945 -- The Vice Presidential Role -- 2 ELECTIONS WITH SURROGATE INCUMBENTS -- THE ROLE OF TELEVISION NEWS -- PRESIDENTIAL PARTY NOMINATIONS -- OPPOSITION PARTY NOMINATIONS -- GENERAL ELECTIONS -- 3 THE CAMPAIGNS FOR THE PARTY NOMINATIONS: 1999 -- REPUBLICANS -- DEMOCRATS -- 4 THE CAMPAIGNS FOR THE PARTY NOMINATIONS: 2000 -- THE EARLY TEST STATES: REPUBLICANS -- THE EARLY TEST STATES: DEMOCRATS -- THE FEBRUARY PRIMARIES: REPUBLICANS -- THE FINAL PRIMARIES: REPUBLICANS -- THE FINAL PRIMARIES: DEMOCRATS -- 5 THE GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN BETWEEN MARCH AND AUGUST -- THE PRECONVENTION PERIOD -- THE NATIONAL CONVENTION PERIOD -- 6 THE GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN BETWEEN AUGUST AND NOVEMBER -- THE PREDEBATE PERIOD -- THE DEBATES AND THE FINAL WEEKS -- 7 THE GENERAL ELECTION: OUTCOME AND MEANING -- THE NATIONAL OUTCOME -- THE FLORIDA VOTE CONTROVERSY -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PARTY NOMINATIONS -- GORE'S DILEMMA -- BUSH'S DILEMMA -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- About the Author.
• Sommario/riassunto: While the 2000 presidential election had a number of unique features, including the decisive role of the Supreme Court, it actually was quite similar to three earlier television-age campaigns. For the fourth time since 1960, an incumbent president retired and his party nominated the vice president as a potential successor. The nomination of the vice president has become so commonplace that we now expect it. Unfortunately, we lack theoretical explanations of why vice presidents win nominations while often losing the general election. Dover seeks to advance this needed theory. Dover looks at the recurring features of television-age elections with surrogate incumbents and applies them to a description of the leading events of Election 2000. The emphasis is on mediated incumbency, a phenomenon that occurs when mass media, particularly television, exert enormous influence in defining the context and meaning of politics for most voters. The first topics considered are the growth of the modern vice presidency and the nature of surrogate incumbent elections. The outcome of such elections often turns on how effectively the vice president and his opponent overcome dilemmas unique to their strategic positions as incumbent or challenger. Dover then describes the campaign from January 1999 through December 2000, from the perspective of television news media, and shows how Gore failed to overcome his dilemma during a time marked by peace and prosperity. The text is an important resource for scholars, students, and other researchers involved with American elections, political communication, and the American presidency.
• Titolo autorizzato: Missed opportunity
• ISBN: 9798400686351; 9786610422753; 9781280422751; 1280422750; 9780313010958; 0313010951
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910971526103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II