American Presidential Candidate Spouses The Public's Perspective /

• Main Authors: Elder, Laurel (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Frederick, Brian (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Burrell, Barbara (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Political science.; United States-Politics and government.; Identity politics.; Political leadership.; Popular Science in Political Science and International Relations.; US Politics.; Politics and Gender.; Political Leadership.

The book offers a comprehensive analysis of public opinion toward presidential candidate spouses over the course of three decades, drawing on multiple theoretical frameworks including the concept of "new traditionalism" and a plethora of empirical data to explore why some spouses engender...

Table of Contents:

• 1. An Introduction to American Presidential Candidate Spouses
• 2. Understanding Public Opinion towards Presidential Candidate Spouses
• 3. Hillary Clinton v. Barbara Bush: Tradition Meets Change in the 1992 Presidential Campaign
• 4. Historic Firsts: Public Opinion toward Michelle Obama and Ann Romney in the 2012 Presidential Election
• 5. Breaking with the Past: Public Opinion towards Melania Trump and Bill Clinton in the 2016 Presidential Election
• 6. The Future of Public Opinion and Presidential Candidate Spouses.