Ross for Boss

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Ross for Boss provides insights into the sources, continuity, and enduring importance of Ross Perot's presidential candidacies in 1992 and 1996 as a member of the Reform Party, and evaluates the impact of the Perot phenomenon on the future of both public policy and the U.S. party system. Using theoretical and historical literature on third parties and independent candidates, the contributors identify the sources of Perot's support and opposition among political activists and the mass public.

Perot's supporters are understood as "zealots of the center" who resist partisan and ideological polarization. Perot himself, the authors suggest, was a master showman, able to use classical theatrical forms to establish himself as an improbable, yet inevitable, leader of a mass movement. His support came from people whose economic interests were directly threatened by increases in the global scope of the U.S. economy, and—like other third party candidates of the twentieth century—from those without formal religious affiliations. Comparisons of the 1992 and 1996 campaigns show that the decline in support for Perot was, for the most part, uniform across geographic regions and demographic groups.
List of Figures and Tables

List of Contributors

Foreword

1 The Perot Campaigns in Theoretical Perspective
Ted G. Jelen

2 The Television Candidate: H. Ross Perot's 1992 and 1996 Presidential Races
Kenneth D. Nordin

3 A Case Study of a Third Presidential Campaign Organization:Virginians for Perot
Andrew D. Martin and Brian E. Spang

4 Attitudes Toward Government, Partisan Dispositions, and the Rise of Ross Perot
Jeffrey Koch

5 The Politics of a Bittersweet Economy: Economic Restructuring, Economic Stories, and Ross Perot in the Elections of 1992 and 1996
Solon Simmons and James Simmons

6 Structural Constraints on Perot Voting Patterns: The Effects of Religious Adherence
Christopher P. Gilbert,Timothy R. Johnson, David A. M. Peterson, and Paul A. Djupe

7 Understanding Perot's Plummet
Jeremy D. Mayer and Clyde Wilcox

8 From Ross the Boss to Jesse the Body: Did the Perot Phenomenon Spawn the Ventura Victory?
Christopher P. Gilbert and David A. M. Peterson

Index

Sujets

• Political party

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791491164
• Langue: English

Extrait

ROSS FOR BOSS

SUNY series on the Presidency:

Contemporary Issues

John Kenneth White editor

ROSS FOR BOSS

The Perot Phenomenon and Beyond

Edited by TED G. JELEN

S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W Y O R K P R E S S

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© 2001 State University of NewYork

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ross for boss : the Perot phenomenon and beyond / edited by Ted G. Jelen. p. cm. — (SUNY series on the presidency) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-4853-3 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-4854-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Third parties (United States politics). 2. Presidents—United States—Election—1992. 3. Perot, H. Ross, 1930- 4. Presidential candi- dates—United States. I. Jelen, Ted G. II. SUNY series in the presidency.

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Contents

List of Figures and Tables

List of Contributors

Foreword

The Perot Campaigns in Theoretical Perspective Ted G. Jelen

The Television Candidate: H. Ross Perot’s 1992 and 1996 Presidential Races Kenneth D. Nordin

A Case Study of a Third Presidential Campaign Organization:Virginians for Perot Andrew D. Martin and Brian E. Spang

Attitudes Toward Government, Partisan Dispositions, and the Rise of Ross Perot Jeffrey Koch

The Politics of a Bittersweet Economy: Economic Restructuring, Economic Stories, and Ross Perot in the Elections of 1992 and 1996 Solon Simmons and James Simmons

Structural Constraints on Perot Voting Patterns: The Effects of Religious Adherence Christopher P. Gilbert,Timothy R. Johnson, David A. M. Peterson, and Paul A. Djupe

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CONTENTS

Understanding Perot’s Plummet Jeremy D. Mayer and Clyde Wilcox

From Ross the Boss to Jesse the Body: Did the Perot Phenomenon Spawn the Ventura Victory? Christopher P. Gilbert and David A. M. Peterson

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Figures

Figure 3.1 VFP Partisan Identification Figure 3.2 VFP Political Philosophy Figure 3.3 VFP Issue Positions Figure 3.4 VFP View of Two Party System Figure 3.5 VFP Trust in Government Figure 3.6 VFP Efficacy Figure 3.7 Reason for Getting Involved with VFP Figure 4.1 Public Officials Don’t Care What People Think, 1952–1996 Figure 4.2 How Much of the Time Do You Trust the Federal Government? 1958–1996 Figure 4.3 Are Government Officials Crooked? 1958–1996 Figure 4.4 Which Party Best Able to Handle Most Important Problem? 1972–1996 Figure 4.5 Average Feeling Thermometer toward Parties, 1978–1996 Figure 8.1 Minnesota County-Level Voting for Ross Perot, 1992, and Jesse Ventura, 1998 Figure 8.2 Minnesota County-Level Voting for Ross Perot, 1996, and Jesse Ventura, 1998 Figure 8.3 Minnesota County-Level Religious Adherence, 1990, and Voting For Jesse Ventura, 1998

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LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

Future of VFP Leadership Determinants of Third Party Voting, 1992 and 1996 Determinants of External Efficacy and Political Trust, 1992 Determinants of External Efficacy and Political Trust, 1992, Instrument Variables Analysis Determinants of Third Party Voting, 1992, Instrument Variables Analysis Determinants of External Efficacy and Political Trust, 1994 Partisan Orientations of Perot Voters Fit Statistics for Model 1 Fit Statistics for Model 2 Multinomial Logistic Coefficients from the Regression of Presidential Vote on Selected Independent Variables in 1992 and 1996 Multinomial Logistic Coefficients from the Regression of Presidential Vote on Selected Independent Variables in 1992 and 1996—Model 2 Odds of Voting for Perot vs. Opponent from Model 1 Interactions Odds of Voting for Perot vs. Opponent from Model 2 Interactions Independent Candidate Vote Regressed on County Religious Adherence (OLS Regression Estimates) Impact of Religious Variables on Voting for Ross Perot, 1992 (Bivariate Logit Estimates) Estimated 1992 Vote for Ross Perot (Logit Estimates) Influence of Religious Variables on 1996 Presidential Vote for Ross Perot (Individual-Level Data, Bivariate Logit Estimates) Estimated 1996 Presidential Vote for Ross Perot and All Minor Candidates (Individual-Level Data, Logit Estimates) Perot Vote by State, 1992–1996 Patterns of Statewide Vote for Perot, 1992–1996 Evaluations of Candidates, 1992–1996 PerotVote among Select Political and Social Groups, 1992–1996 Multivariate Analysis of Perot Vote, 1992 and 1996 Voter Support for Jesse Ventura, Compared with 1992 and 1996 Support for Ross Perot

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Contributors

P AUL A. D JUPE Denison University

C HRISTOPHER P. G ILBERT Gustavus Adolphus College

T ED G. J ELEN University of Nevada, Las Vegas

T IMOTHY R. J OHNSON University of Minnesota,Twin Cities J EFFREY K OCH State University of NewYork College at Geneseo A NDREW D. M ARTIN Washington University, St. Louis

J EREMY D. M AYER Kalamazoo College

K ENNETH D. N ORDIN Benedictine University

D AVID A. M. P ETERSON Texas A & M University

J AMES S IMMONS University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh

S OLON S IMMONS University of Wisconsin, Madison

B RIAN S PANG attorney-at-law, Chicago

C LYDE W ILCOX Georgetown University

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