Gender and Political Marketing in the United States and the 2016 Presidential Election: An Analysis of Why She Lost

Author Minita Sanghvi
Publisher Palgrave MacMillan
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  • Author
    Minita Sanghvi
    Publisher
    Palgrave MacMillan
    Volume
    Copyright
    2019
    ISBN13
    9781137601711
    Release
    Format
    eBook
    Grade Level
    College Freshman - College Senior
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    Overview

    This book focuses on the unique challenges women in politics face in the United States based on their gender. It also focuses on issues of intersectionality in political marketing, including race, age, weight, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. From a theoretical perspective, this book facilitates an investigation of the interplay of gender dynamics and power structures within political marketing. Focusing on women in the United States of both parties at various levels in politics, it examines both historical data and contemporary examples of female politicians and their campaigns. Using qualitative research methods and taking a feminist approach to data collection and analysis, this book features primary source interviews with 15 politicians, including a Governor, Senator, two Congresswomen, and several state and local legislators. It also incorporates interviews with 19 political consultants, PAC executives, aides, political party officials, and members of the media. It analyzes the loss of Hillary Clinton using a political marketing and gender perspective; employs the lived experience of female politicians (from national to local, from legislative to executive) to showcase their current challenges in the political arena; and uses intersectionality to discuss how gender intersects with race, ageism, fattism, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression and how that impacts female politicians in the United States.