Vice Presidents, Presidential Elections, and the Media: Second Fiddles in the Spotlight
  • 2013/140 pages
  • A FirstForumPress Book

Vice Presidents, Presidential Elections, and the Media:

Second Fiddles in the Spotlight

Stacy G. Ulbig
Hardcover: $25.00
ISBN: 978-1-935049-56-2
Ebook: $25.00
ISBN: 978-1-62637-873-5
Do vice presidential candidates play any significant role in presidential elections? Challenging the conventional wisdom, Stacy Ulbig shows the important ways in which they do in fact affect election outcomes. She also assesses the impact of a range of vice presidential candidates and considers how the news media fits in the equation. Analyzing data from 1972 through 2008, Ulbig shows clearly how and why vice presidents matter in presidential campaigns.
Stacy G. Ulbig is associate professor of political science at Sam Houston State University.