{"product_id":"the-vp-advantage-how-running-mates-influence-home-state-voting-in-presidential-elections-9781784993375","title":"The Vp Advantage: How Running Mates Influence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA widespread perception exists among political commentators, campaign operatives and presidential candidates that vice presidential (VP) running mates can deliver their home state's electoral votes in a presidential election. In recent elections, presidential campaigns have even changed their strategy in response to the perceived VP home state advantage. But is the advantage real? And could it decide a presidential election? In the most comprehensive analysis to date, Devine and Kopko demonstrate that the VP home state advantage is actually highly conditional and rarely decisive in the Electoral College. However, it could change the outcome of a presidential election under narrow but plausible conditions. Sophisticated in its methodology and rich in historical as well as contemporary insight, \u003ci\u003eThe VP Advantage\u003c\/i\u003e is essential and accessible reading for anyone interested in understanding how running mates influence presidential elections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Those looking for a comprehensive assessment of the impact of VP candidates in presidential elections will welcome this book.'\u003cbr\u003eRichard Berry, LSE July 2016\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e1. Origins and evolution of the vice presidential home state advantage\u003cbr\u003e2. The home state advantage is dead ... long live the home state advantage!\u003cbr\u003e3. When perception becomes campaign reality\u003cbr\u003e4. An empirical analysis of the vice presidential home state advantage (state-level data)\u003cbr\u003e5. An empirical analysis of the vice presidential home state advantage (individual-level data)\u003cbr\u003e6. Did LBJ really 'deliver' Texas ... and the South?\u003cbr\u003e7. Has the vice presidential home state advantage ever decided an election?\u003cbr\u003e8. Who votes for the running mate, anyway?\u003cbr\u003e9: The VP advantage\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Documentation of media 'veepstakes' coverage\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Fixed effects model of Democratic vote share with interaction terms, 1884-2012\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042321727831,"sku":"9781784993375","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-vp-advantage-how-running-mates-influence-home-state-voting-in-presidential-elections-9781784993375","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}