Sheeler, KristinaDeckard, Trent2017-09-062017-09-062017-07https://hdl.handle.net/1805/14021http://dx.doi.org/10.7912/C2/481Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)This thesis analyzes the gender narrative surrounding the vice-presidency and the 2016 election. It reviews the traditional feminine gender roles assigned to the vice-presidency and as evidenced in Governor Mike Pence’s participation in a 60 Minutes interview, nomination speech at the 2016 national convention, and vice-presidential debate. Furthers the work of Bostdorff, who argued that the vice presidency has a traditional feminine role where vice-presidential figures and potential aspirants use strategies of celebration, confrontation, vindication, and submission to fulfill a gendered role in service to a highly masculine presidency. Suggests that the realities of the 2016 election allowed for these strategies, although in a different form given the nature of the campaign and a Trump candidacy.en-USVice-PresidencyMike PenceDonald TrumpRhetoricPresidencyGender RhetoricNarrativeThesis10.7912/C2F95G