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Publication details [#51909]
Marietta, Morgan. 2009. The Absolutist Advantage: Sacred Rhetoric in Contemporary Presidential Debate. Political Communication 26 (4) : 388–411. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
An analysis of the political language used in American presidential debates from 1976 to 2004, demonstrates that Republicans relied more heavily on sacred rhetoric, calling in indisputable beliefs rather than reasoned consequences, which often yielded them an absolutist advantage.