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The Coevolution of Affect toward Presidents and Their Parties
Author(s) -
Jacobson Gary C.
Publication year - 2016
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/psq.12272
Subject(s) - presidential system , reputation , political science , popularity , ideology , attractiveness , ballot , public administration , public relations , voting , politics , law , psychology , psychoanalysis
Previous research has shown that presidents have a powerful influence on their party's popularity, reputation for competence, perceived ideological leanings, attractiveness as an object of personal identification, and electoral fortunes. Drawing on data from multiple Gallup Polls covering presidential candidates from Eisenhower and Stevenson through George H. W. Bush; the Annenberg surveys for 2000, 2004, and 2008; the American National Election Studies (ANES) 2009‐2009 panel study; and ANES time series studies from 1978 through 2012, this article examines how the reciprocal relationship between affective reactions to presidential candidates/presidents and their parties evolves prior to and during campaigns, over presidencies, and after presidents or former candidates are no longer in office or on the ballot.