Out of touch: the presidency and public opinion
In: The presidency and leadership 16
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In: The presidency and leadership 16
In: Congress & the presidency, Band 38, Heft 1, S. 126-128
ISSN: 1944-1053
In: Congress and the presidency: an interdisciplinary journal of political science and history, Band 38, Heft 1, S. 126-128
ISSN: 0734-3469
In: Presidential studies quarterly: official publication of the Center for the Study of the Presidency, Band 35, Heft 3, S. 615-616
ISSN: 1741-5705
In: Presidential studies quarterly, Band 35, Heft 3, S. 615-616
ISSN: 0360-4918
In: Presidential studies quarterly, Band 35, Heft 3, S. 615
ISSN: 0360-4918
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 2, Heft 3
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 61, Heft 1, S. 230-232
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: Presidential studies quarterly, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 297-319
ISSN: 0360-4918
In: Presidential studies quarterly, Band 27, S. 297-319
ISSN: 0360-4918
Examines importance of the press secretary to the administration, how the president permits the secretary to disseminate information, and the respect accorded the secretary by the president and by the press; US. Examines roles of James Hagerty, Pierre Salinger, Ronald Ziegler, Jody Powell, and others.
In: Electoral Studies, Band 33, S. 144-152
In: Electoral studies: an international journal, Band 33, S. 144-152
ISSN: 0261-3794
In: Electoral studies: an international journal, Band 33, Heft 1, S. 144-152
ISSN: 0261-3794
In: Publius: the journal of federalism, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 83-83
ISSN: 0048-5950
In: Politics & policy, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 383-404
ISSN: 1747-1346
Since World War II, numerous polls and surveys have been conducted in an attempt to evaluate the performance of past presidents. Their major concern has been to distinguish, in an historical perspective, "great" presidents from those who are "failures." Ratings from the general public, however, rarely attempt to investigate which characteristics of the individuals in the Oval Office weigh in the minds of the evaluators. Researchers seldom investigate how the general public acquires information to make these assessments. We suggest that information is transmitted from an elite through an informed public to the general public through a "two‐step flow." Using data from surveys of historians and the general public conducted by C‐SPAN for its "American Presidents" series, we analyze the flow of information regarding the qualities of presidential leadership among elites, the informed public, and the interested public and suggest that a mediated flow of opinions on presidential greatness from the elite public to the interested public exists. The public at large indirectly acquires elite opinions when making evaluative political judgments, yet it does not acquire the same basis for those judgments.