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PARTY PROMISES AND PRESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE: SOCIAL POLICIES OF THE MODERN PRESIDENTS, FDR‐CLINTON
Author(s) -
Sussman Glen,
Daynes Byron W.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
southeastern political review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-1346
pISSN - 0730-2177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2000.tb00569.x
Subject(s) - presidential system , political science , public administration , action (physics) , public relations , work (physics) , law , politics , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
This study focuses on the relationship between party platforms and presidential performance in making public policies. The research of Gerald Pomper among others indicates that in a majority of cases, presidents fulfill party promises made in the platforms presented at the national conventions. The study reported here builds upon this previous work and investigates one aspect of the party platform/presidential action relationship—namely, the extent to which presidents carry out the promises made by their party about social issues.