Presidents and parties in the public mind /

How is Donald Trump's presidency likely to affect the reputation and popular standing of the Republican Party? Profoundly, according to Gary C. Jacobson. From Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama, every postwar president has powerfully shaped Americans' feelings, positive or negative, about the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacobson, Gary C. (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1941170
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The coevolution of affect toward presidents and parties
  • Evaluations of parties and party leaders
  • Assessments of party competence
  • Cognitive views of parties
  • Party identification I: partisan change
  • Party identification II: generational imprinting
  • Elections
  • Polarized parties and the 2016 elections
  • Conclusion.