The Dog that Didn't Bark
The Role of Canines in the 2008 Campaign
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6098528 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diana C Mutz (0000-0002-6590-3468, Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 707-712 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1049096510001125 |
| OpenAlex | W2103521333 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 3 |
Using the most extensive dataset available on the 2008 election, I examine the impact of dog ownership on presidential vote preference. Canines were elevated to the status of a campaign issue when, during the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama publicly promised his daughters a dog after the election was over, a campaign promise that has since been fulfilled. However, this announcement appears to have unintentionally highlighted the absence of a key point of potential identification between this candidate and voters, and thus to have significantly undermined the likelihood that dog-owning voters would support Obama. I elaborate upon the implications of this finding for future presidential candidates
Biology · Economics · Political science · Politics · Preference · Presidential election · Presidential system · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Law · Public Administration · Social and Intergroup Psychology
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,54 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |