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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The American Vice Presidency Reconsidered -- Chapter 2 Afterthought? The Premodern Vice Presidency -- Chapter 3 Where They've Been and What They've Done: The Background and Experience of Vice Presidential Candidates -- Chapter 4 Securing the Second Slot: The Vice Presidential Nomination -- Chapter 5 The Road to Number One Observatory Circle: The Campaign -- Chapter 6 What Do They Do? Vice Presidents in Office -- Chapter 7 What Next? Life after Near-Greatness -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Modern Presidential Electioneering -- 2 Traditional Presidential Electioneering -- 3 Presidentialism and Presidential Selection: The Institutional Environment -- 4 Electioneers: The Personnel of Modern Presidential Electioneering -- 5 The Resources of Modern Presidential Electioneering -- 6 Electioneering Processes and Activities: The Campaign -- 7 Conclusions: Modern Presidential Electioneering -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

AbstractThis analysis explores public support for reforming both the selection of vice presidents and the institution itself. Survey data show some evidence that those who favorably view the concepts of political moderation and bipartisanship support vice presidential reform, while partisans and ideologues (broadly defined) seem to oppose it. In addition, there is a negative association between job approval ratings for Vice President Mike Pence and support for vice presidential reform. The only demographic factor that was significant in the analysis was gender, with females more likely than males to support reform.

Analysis of vice presidential favorability and job approval polling data for the past four vice presidents suggests that there is a mismatch between how scholars and the public perceive the vice presidency. Specifically, data illustrate that vice presidential favorability and job approval ratings are overwhelmingly influenced by presidential favorability and job approval ratings. While vice presidents advise and help their presidents carry out any number of important tasks, most citizens do not seem to form independent opinions about them. The analysis adds to our understanding of the institution and has normative implications, inasmuch as it suggests that there may be a lack of democratic accountability associated with one of the only two nationally elected officials in the United States.