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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Cover -- Feeling Their Pain -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Biden and a Return to Compassionate Politics? -- 1.2 Self-Interested Compassion: Defining Key Terms -- 1.3 Trump and the Paradox of Emotional Empathy -- 1.4 Compassion's Importance on Voter Behavior -- 1.5 Overview of the Book -- 2. Who Cares? Why Compassion Matters in the Era of Polarization -- 2.1 Partisan Polarization and Models of Electoral Accountability -- 2.2 Wading into the Debate over the Importance of Candidate Traits -- 2.3 Compassion and the Partisan Lens Hypothesis |
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2.4 Who Cares? Let's Ask Voters -- 2.5 Who Cares? Let's Ask Campaigns -- 2.6 Compassion in Presidential Elections: 1992-2020 -- 2.7 A Case Study: Impact of Compassion in the Maryland Democratic Senate Primary -- 2.8 Summary -- Appendix -- 3. Empathy Through Commonality -- 3.1 The 2008 "Huckaboom" and a Theory of Political Compassion -- 3.2 How Do Voters Conceptualize Compassion? Empathy vs. Sympathy -- 3.3 Empathy and the Sincerity Barrier -- 3.4 Dimensions of Empathy -- 3.5 Experiential Empathy -- 3.6 Emotional Empathy -- 3.7 Identity-Based Empathy |
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3.8 Race and the 2008 Election of Barack Obama -- 3.9 Summary -- Appendix: Survey Design, Instruments, and Results -- 4. Compassion, Gender, and Parenthood -- 4.1 Motherhood and Compassion -- 4.2 Research on Gender and Character -- 4.3 Gender Stereotyping and Backlash Effects -- 4.4 Experimental Evidence on Penalties for Going Against Type -- 4.5 Commonalities Through Gender and Parenthood -- 4.6 Summary -- Appendix: Survey Instruments and Results -- 5. The Dark Side of Compassion -- 5.1 The Effect of Character Attacks -- 5.2 Importance of Compassion in Elections -- 5.3 Research Design |
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5.4 Teflon Hypothesis and Hillary Clinton -- 5.5 Teflon and the Perceptual Screen of Partisanship -- 5.6 Summary -- Appendix: Survey Instrument and Results -- 6. Compassion and Its Value for Politics -- 6.1 The Importance of Empathy in the Context of Political Sophistication -- 6.2 What Compassion Means for Electoral Competition amid Partisan Polarization -- 6.3 What Compassion Means for Women Seeking Elected Office -- 6.4 Summary -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Systematically examining why voters perceive some politicians as compassionate, whereas others are perceived as cold and aloof, this text finds that when Americans evaluate whether a politician "cares about people like me," they are looking for different types of commonalities that link themselves with the candidate. These commonalities help overcome the natural skepticism American voters have about the authenticity of the candidate, convincing them that this politician can truly put him or herself in the shoes of the voter. The argument made in this book is supported using a broad array of data, including experiments, surveys, interviews with campaign officials, and the analysis of campaign speeches |
| Notes |
Also issued in print: 2023 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 14, 2023) |
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Political leadership -- United States
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Compassion -- Political aspects -- United States
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Political leadership.
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Politics & government.
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Politics and Government.
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United States.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780197696934 |
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0197696937 |
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