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UNDERSTANDING THE GENDER GAP IN PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL: THE CASE OF BILL CLINTON

ROE, DAVID JAMES

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2002, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Political Science.
Monitoring the popularity of the president is a vital aspect of public opinion research today. Presidential approval has become a very closely watched political indicator in the United States. The measure of job approval has grown in importance over time. It is now argued by many that a president's personal standing with the public is a very important aspect of his political power. While pollsters often report on "gaps" in presidential approval, citing differences in approval between socio-demographic groups, in most cases, the socio-demographic gaps referred to by pollsters are the products of simple bivariate analyses. Seldom are further steps taken by pollsters to investigate the reality of whether or not these gaps in approval actually exist when controlling for other factors. The focus of this research is directed towards the "gender gap" in presidential approval. In the literature review that follows, we see in detail that there is a gap between women and men, with women tending to the left and men tending to the right on many issues, including presidential approval. But does this frequently observed "gender gap" reflect a real difference in the political preferences of American men and women, or is it just an artifact of simple bivariate analyses, with many uncontrolled variables? In addition, does this "gender gap" interact with other socio-demographic variables to move presidential approval? This thesis tests the reality of the "Gender Gap" through a multivariate analysis of Ohio Polls conducted during the administration of Bill Clinton.
Dr. George F. Bishop (Advisor)
76 p.

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  • ROE, D. J. (2002). UNDERSTANDING THE GENDER GAP IN PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL: THE CASE OF BILL CLINTON [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022009591

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • ROE, DAVID. UNDERSTANDING THE GENDER GAP IN PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL: THE CASE OF BILL CLINTON. 2002. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022009591.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • ROE, DAVID. "UNDERSTANDING THE GENDER GAP IN PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL: THE CASE OF BILL CLINTON." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022009591

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