PRESIDENTIAL INFLUENCE IN THE HOUSE: PRESIDENTIAL PRESTIGE AS A SOURCE OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER

In: American political science review, Band 1, Heft 70, S. 101-113

Abstract

PRESIDENTIAL PRESTIGE OR POPULARITY HAS OFTEN BEEN CITED AS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF PRESIDENTIAL INFLUENCE IN CONGRESS. IT WAS NOT BEEN EMPIRICALLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY DEMONSTRATED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH A RELATIONSHIP EXISTS. THIS STUDY EXAMINES A VARIETY OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PRESIDENTIAL PRESTIGE AND PRESIDENTIAL SUPPORT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.