“…Some investigate the dimensionality of debate as a method for uncovering meaning (Dougherty & Heckelman, 2006;Jillson, 2002;Roche, 1961;Rossiter, 1987). Many accounts emphasize delegates' backgrounds, religious and ideological views, and rhetoric (Beard, 1913;Coby, 2017Coby, , 2018Dougherty & Heckelman, 2008;Hall, 2012;McDonald, 1958).…”