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Conley, Richard Steven.

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Divided government and presidential success in Congress, from Truman to Clinton.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Divided government and presidential success in Congress, from Truman to Clinton./
Author:	Conley, Richard Steven.
Description:	304 p.
Notes:	Chair: Eric M. Uslaner.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International59-06A.
Subject:	History, United States. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9836385
ISBN:	0591899671

Divided government and presidential success in Congress, from Truman to Clinton.
Conley, Richard Steven.

Divided government and presidential success in Congress, from Truman to Clinton. - 304 p.

Chair: Eric M. Uslaner.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Maryland College Park, 1998.

The study analyzes how divided partisan control of the presidency and Congress, or "divided government," impacts presidents' legislative success in Congress. The study compares presidential legislative success under unified and divided government in the post-World War II era. Presidents were paired on common contextual factors and a set of explanatory variables were held constant across presidencies. Regression models of individual legislators' support for the president's legislative stands show that variables central to presidential success have differing impacts under unified or divided government, depending upon the coalitional structure in Congress.

ISBN: 0591899671Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017393
History, United States.

Divided government and presidential success in Congress, from Truman to Clinton.
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520 $a The study analyzes how divided partisan control of the presidency and Congress, or "divided government," impacts presidents' legislative success in Congress. The study compares presidential legislative success under unified and divided government in the post-World War II era. Presidents were paired on common contextual factors and a set of explanatory variables were held constant across presidencies. Regression models of individual legislators' support for the president's legislative stands show that variables central to presidential success have differing impacts under unified or divided government, depending upon the coalitional structure in Congress.
520 $a Party is a key variable for presidential success under unified government. Under divided government, the key determinants of presidential legislative success vary from one era to another. In the era of decentralization that prevailed from the 1940s to the 1970s, parties in Congress were less polarized and voting structures were less consistent. Eisenhower and Nixon (first term), who took moderate stands on domestic affairs, used their electoral popularity to build shifting coalitions in Congress and achieved respectable success rates. Presidents Reagan, Bush, and Clinton faced divided government in the era of party-unity from the 1980s to the present. Highly structured parties in Congress limited the opportunities for these presidents to fashion coalitions favorable to their policy stands. The increased homogeneity of the parties' electoral constituencies forms the backbone of strong parties in Congress. Constituency factors overshadow presidential electoral popularity as the key determinant of presidential success.
520 $a The analysis underscores that factors that shape presidential success reflect the balance of power in Congress, the constituency bases of the parties, and to a lesser degree a president's electoral popularity. Analyzing presidential success in Congress, rather than focusing primarily on congressional lawmaking, reveals that divided government does matter--but the impact on presidential success is not uniform. The study provides a detailed framework for understanding when and why presidents are likely to be more or less successful in the legislative arena when different forms of single-party and split-party control prevail.
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