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The Contemporary Presidency: Rating the Presidents: A Tracking Study
Author(s) -
Lonnstrom Douglas A.,
Kelly, II Thomas O.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
presidential studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1741-5705
pISSN - 0360-4918
DOI - 10.1111/1741-5705.00009
Subject(s) - presidency , presidential system , period (music) , political science , ranking (information retrieval) , tracking (education) , term (time) , public administration , law , politics , psychology , artificial intelligence , pedagogy , computer science , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , aesthetics
This article, based on four presidential tracking studies by academics conducted over a 20‐year period, seeks, through analysis of those studies, to answer five questions: 1. Is there any correlation between views held about a president early in his term/s or immediately after his term ends, and those held much later? 2. Is there a pattern to such rankings as they change over time? 3. Can we explain why change occurs? 4. Can actions taken by a president after he has left office significantly alter his ranking? 5. When might the process of change be, to all intents and purposes, complete? Is there, for example, a 25‐year rule? 50?