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Gubernatorial elections and the state economy: Is it the economy, stupid?

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Date Issued:
2002
Summary:
The office of governor has evolved, particularly in the modern era, from a primarily ceremonious position to one as policy-maker. This study explores how the media affix responsibility for the state economy, as well as state tax and budget policy to the governor's administration. A content analysis of newspaper coverage for the Florida gubernatorial elections of 1990, 1994, and 1998 shows that negative coverage corresponds with a weak state economy and more positive coverage in a strong economy. A correlation is found between negative economic coverage and election loss, but positive economic coverage does not necessarily equate to victory. The preponderance of negative economic coverage may have electoral consequences in the way voters judge the incumbent administration's performance in office.
Title: Gubernatorial elections and the state economy: Is it the economy, stupid?.
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Name(s): DePalo, Kathryn Andrews.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Niven, David, Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2002
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 124 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The office of governor has evolved, particularly in the modern era, from a primarily ceremonious position to one as policy-maker. This study explores how the media affix responsibility for the state economy, as well as state tax and budget policy to the governor's administration. A content analysis of newspaper coverage for the Florida gubernatorial elections of 1990, 1994, and 1998 shows that negative coverage corresponds with a weak state economy and more positive coverage in a strong economy. A correlation is found between negative economic coverage and election loss, but positive economic coverage does not necessarily equate to victory. The preponderance of negative economic coverage may have electoral consequences in the way voters judge the incumbent administration's performance in office.
Identifier: 9780493913278 (isbn), 12959 (digitool), FADT12959 (IID), fau:9828 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2002.
Subject(s): Governors--Elections--Press coverage
Governors--Elections--Economic aspects
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