Political Science 3300      The American Presidency       February 29, 2012

 

The Presidential Spectacle    

 

2. Presidential use spectacle to shape public opinion

 

 

 

 

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Presidents and the Media

   

 

    Thinking like the media

 

 

    Presidents and the media - a mutually beneficial relationship

   

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The President and the Political Parties

1. Why Parties?

 

2. Realignments

 

3 examples: 1860, 1932, 1980

 

 

3.  President Make Politics

    The Parties' role in Presidential Governance

 

    The New Deal Democrats & Labor

 

    The Reagan Republicans and conservative Christians

 

4. Realignment: The South

 

 

5. Partisanship and the Presidency in the 21st century