{"id":8616,"date":"2020-04-11T13:56:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T17:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/news\/?p=8616"},"modified":"2020-05-22T11:15:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T15:15:45","slug":"do-vice-presidential-candidates-matter-elizabethtown-college-professor-kyle-kopko-publishes-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2020\/04\/11\/do-vice-presidential-candidates-matter-elizabethtown-college-professor-kyle-kopko-publishes-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Vice Presidential Candidates Matter? Elizabethtown College Professor Kyle Kopko Publishes Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do Vice Presidential running mates really matter? The first comprehensive book to focus on the topic has the data to prove it. Recently, Elizabethtown College Associate Professor of Political Science, Kyle Kopko and Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Dayton, Christopher Devine published, <a href=\"http:\/\/u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUSJAgliVZcU-2BOcxvumbOSUJ0CiZGMReaYf4uemDQu4UYyYdE_8pUaLa8XEUmr4TLmAGgUkAm33ty15jW0Zt-2F78MqT5tf2ECezzpMm-2BEucYKTrV59L2FiaHEpMNQYEfM8Ygn2hrNgH2BuE6ZO0ZvvPxt-2FNZUu3rOJBE1mP7pma7LKQTUzQpjimv1OMBf6rB34rLuIHr1uBL-2FxZXcCM3Hz4GoiOctEzkTgaX3uys6DO9bCH1oa3kq-2F2H1-2BmzLuE8KZ5niIPCCIA-2BbnUQZu8K4sHOqnG-2FK-2B3Yeh6kyAKpuERWne68CJOGRKZgwaRG-2FFFUqOzmVUkoMzPGmlw6Fk8fjxkTTXJAvMKyaBCGz0rOzsDCoLJg8E0-2BLejIegpnhtAWoGXY7KWlvQG66vroqd3uO9-2FHRTB1Ls-3D\"><em><u>Do Running Mates Matter? The Influence of Vice Presidential Candidates in Presidential Elections<\/u><\/em><\/a> (University Press of Kansas)<em>.<a href=\"http:\/\/now.etown.edu\/files\/2020\/04\/do-running-mates-matter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8617 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/now.etown.edu\/files\/2020\/04\/do-running-mates-matter-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2020\/04\/do-running-mates-matter-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2020\/04\/do-running-mates-matter.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSelecting a running mate is a presidential candidate\u2019s first \u2018presidential decision,\u2019\u201d Kopko said. \u201cIt says something about the presidential candidate; it signals what he\/she values.\u00a0If a presidential candidate selects a running mate who is woefully unqualified for the office, voters often notice, and that reflects poorly on the presidential candidate\u2019s judgment, which in turn affects how an individual casts their ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kopko and Devine share their research of vice presidential influence from over 200 statistical models spanning the 1952 to 2016 presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVice presidential candidates almost certainly will not \u2018deliver\u2019 the election, or a particular group of voters, but they do send an important signal to voters about who the presidential candidate is and what he or she stands for,\u201d Devine said. \u201cIn that sense, the choice of a running mate tells voters a great deal about how someone like Joe Biden will conduct himself as president&#8211;and, therefore, whether he deserves their vote in November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The co-authors analyzed three distinct pathways running mates may influence voters\u2019 decisions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Test for <strong>direct effects<\/strong>, or whether evaluations of the running mate influence vote choice among voters in general.<\/li>\n<li>Review <strong>targeted effects<\/strong>\u2014 or if running mates win votes among key subsets of voters who share their gender, religion, ideology, or geographic identity.<\/li>\n<li>Examine <strong>indirect effects<\/strong>\u2014whether running mates shape perceptions of the presidential candidate who selected them, which in turn influence vote choice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cEvery four years, pundits speculate about the electoral impact of choosing a running mate,\u201d Kopko said. \u201cUltimately, we find that much of this speculation is overblown and it doesn\u2019t stand up to statistical analyses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn more or purchase a copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/kansaspress.ku.edu\/978-0-7006-2970-1.html\"><em><u>Do Running Mates Matter? The Influence of Vice Presidential Candidates in Presidential Elections<\/u><\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Discover more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUeM5mUsgzMW4M3C3eWh-2BPamWpQv1CgJP08VKb-2FIq2ngUvTkuLFbhLyvaL-2Brfz7msIg-3D-3D0aJz_8pUaLa8XEUmr4TLmAGgUkAm33ty15jW0Zt-2F78MqT5tf2ECezzpMm-2BEucYKTrV59L2FiaHEpMNQYEfM8Ygn2hrNgH2BuE6ZO0ZvvPxt-2FNZUu3rOJBE1mP7pma7LKQTUzQpjimv1OMBf6rB34rLuIHr1uBL-2FxZXcCM3Hz4GoiOctEzkTgaX3uys6DO9bCH1oa3Q6NMBBSRpBG-2BGDsANYwCTHrHOxq94fLodYExjdbAstpT4JYe-2BQteRyRvc19ZPn1wJUvi3qEC2O2j3N43Uy80oZZFqyPPjs1EHUI5qU0njCJKT85-2BqSVJa-2FciIDW03m4DTM3hVRp22quVk1hDsrZtlLgolltB7ZLHqBayP4mROF0-3D\">Political Science major<\/a> at Elizabethtown College.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do Vice Presidential running mates really matter? The first comprehensive book to focus on the topic has the data to prove it. Recently, Elizabethtown College Associate Professor of Political Science, Kyle Kopko and Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Dayton, Christopher Devine published, Do Running Mates Matter? 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