Impressions of Ford and Reagan

Bibliographic Data

ID4965963
AuthorsRobert T Nakamura (corresponding author)
Year1977
Volume92
Issue4
Pages647-654
Publication date1977-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Science Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3195 • E-ISSN: 1538-165X
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2148849
OpenAlexW2318545456
LanguageEN
Citations received4

Candidate organizations recruit delegates from among a candidate's committed partisans and this determines the distribution of votes in advance of the convention. This means that the function of the convention has shifted from choosing the nominee-through bargaining among uncommitted leaders and delegates-to deciding how to respond to the nominee, mainly through individual psychological adjustments. When a candidate loses, his loyalists have a difficult time adjusting to the winner. Within this new context, the images delegates form of candidates help to determine whether they accept the nominee as legitimate and worthy of their support. The images and impressions of candidates are simply what individual delegates think to be the personal characteristics of their man and of his opponent. A favorable impression of an opponent makes it easier for a delegate to adjust to that person as the nominee. The candidates present themselves as they want to be seen by others and, in so doing, provide the raw material out of which delegates fashion their impressions. Erving Goffman distinguishes between how people want to be seen, revealed by how they express or present themselves, and how they actually impress others.'

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