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Presidential Responsiveness to Public Opinion
Abstract
This article explores the president's emergence as a ‘representative’. It also presents different definitions of representation and examines research into the modern definition of presidential representativeness — the president's responsiveness to public opinion. A number of complications that studies of responsiveness face is emphasized, including the questions of whether citizens even possess ‘real preferences’, what specific aspects of preferences leaders respond to, whose preferences they consider, and whether citizens' preferences merely reflect those of elites. In addition, the article outlines the five major and exemplary bodies of research that investigate the extent and nature of presidential representation. Presidential representation varies across dimensions and levels of salience. It is much more complicated, multidimensional, and dynamic than investigations of whether the public's policy preferences align with the president's policies capture.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Druckman, J. N., & Jacobs, L. R.
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Venue
- The Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2010-05-02
- Pages
- 160-181
- OpenAlex
- W1942365996
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 59
- Citations by year
- 2023: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 24.12
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › American Constitutional Law and Politics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Theory and Democracy
- Keywords
- public opinion, policy preferences, elite preferences, salience, policy capture, political representation
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