The importance of campaign promises / Tabitha Bonilla.

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"Campaign promises are a critical component to conceptions of democratic representation. Candidates make promises, voters (prospectively) use those promises to choose candidates, and then evaluate them (retrospectively) based on those promises. Most research dedicated to understanding campaign promi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bonilla, Tabitha (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Campaign promises > United States.
Communication in politics > United States.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States.
Presidential candidates > United States > Public opinion.
Presidents > United States > Election > History > 20th century.
Presidents > United States > Election > History > 21st century.
Promesses électorales > États-Unis.
Communication politique > États-Unis.
Discours politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General.
Campaign promises.
Communication in politics.
Presidential candidates > Public opinion.
Presidents > Election.
Rhetoric > Political aspects.
United States.
1900-2099
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xv, 202 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I. Why and how promises matter : 1. A closer look at campaign promises
  • 2. Promises as signals of commitment
  • Part II. Promises as a special type of position-taking : 3. Campaign promises from 1960-2012
  • 4. Voter perceptions of promises
  • Part III. The effect of promises on voter behavior : 5. How promises polarize voters
  • 6. Further testing the effects promises
  • 7. Promising in retrospect
  • 8. Promises in 2016 and beyond.