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Presidential Survival and the Impeachment Process: The United States and Colombia
Author(s) -
HINOJOSA VICTOR J.,
PÉREZLIÑÁN ANÍBAL S.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
political science quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1538-165X
pISSN - 0032-3195
DOI - 10.1002/j.1538-165x.2006.tb00585.x
Subject(s) - impeachment , presidential system , latin americans , politics , political science , law , library science , computer science
Hinojosa and Perez-Linan examine the survival strategies of Presidents Bill Clinton of the US and Ernesto Samper of Colombia at the height of their respective impeachment trials. Similarities between these two cases suggest that presidents are most likely to survive when scandals do not result in a strong decline in presidential approval and they can build or maintain a protective shield in the legislature. They assert that public opinion and executive-legislative politics account for the survival of both presidents