The Dog that Didn't Bark: The Role of Canines in the 2008 Campaign

@article{Mutz2010TheDT,
  title={The Dog that Didn't Bark: The Role of Canines in the 2008 Campaign},
  author={Diana C. Mutz},
  journal={PS: Political Science \& Politics},
  year={2010},
  volume={43},
  pages={707 - 712}
}
  • Diana C. Mutz
  • Published 1 October 2010
  • Sociology
  • PS: Political Science & Politics
Abstract 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… 
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