Battling the Pandemic: Governors as Heads of State and COVID-19 Rhetoric

• In Event: The Politicization of COVID Policy

Brief Overview

The effect of party affiliation on gubernatorial pandemic response is explored utilizing issue ownership theory. The issues surrounding the pandemic are framed positively, and the evidence for issue ownership is mixed.

Authors

• Simal Binici, University of Iowa

• Julie Pacheco, University of Iowa