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"American presidential debates have become chaotically performative, threatening to erode representative democracy by impeding thoughtful deliberation over who can best lead. The Audience Decides seeks to better understand the in-person audience and their influence on those observing this political spectacle by considering primal forms of communication: laughter, applause-cheering, and booing"--

American presidential debates have become chaotically performative, threatening to erode representative democracy by impeding thoughtful deliberation over who can best lead. The Audience Decides seeks to better understand the in-person audience and their influence on those observing this political spectacle by considering primal forms of communication: laughter, applause-cheering, and booing.

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Introduction: The Sovereignty Wars -- There's No Place Like Home: Sovereignty, American Style -- Power and Interdependence: U.S. Sovereignty in the American Century -- Do as I Say, Not as I Do: American Sovereignty and International Law -- Don't Fence Me In: The Use of Force, Arms Control, and U.S. National Security -- Stop the World, I Want to Get Off: Globalization and American Sovereignty -- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Immigration and Border Security -- Don't Tread on Me: The United States and International Organizations -- Conclusion -- American Sovereignty and International Cooperation -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.

Debatable Humor focuses on understanding the behavior of individual candidates within the context of political debates, and uses an evolutionary psychology perspective to understand the roots of this behavior. Specifically, it considers the role humor and laughter plays in selecting leaders and, in turn, how this reflects the values of the political system

From Washington to Wilson -- Planning the postwar world : from the Atlantic Charter to Dumbarton Oaks -- "A world of power, tempered by a little reason" : creating the United Nations -- "When goods move, soldiers don't" : opening the world economy -- Bretton woods and the british loan : the postwar monetary and trading system -- "An imperative principle of action" : self-determination -- A dream deferred : adapting multilateralism to containment -- A world economy postponed -- From collective security to collective defense : the origins of NATO -- Between anticolonialism and anti-communism : the search for a post-imperial order

Televised presidential primary debates are highly important for partisans by providing unmediated information concerning candidate viability. Here the presumptive winner of a given primary may be indicated during debates through both the speaking time they are given and the audience response they elicit. Here I explore both candidate speaking time and audience laughter and applause by content, analyzing six 2012 Republican Party primary debates. Debate venue plays a significant role in determining applause and, to a lesser extent, laughter. There is also a negative relationship between candidate speaking time and audience laughter, suggesting an insurgent strategy for second‐tier candidates. © 2014 Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress