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kamilo84

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What factors contribute to the president's public approval? How do presidential approval ratings vary during a president's tenure and what explains this variation? What else can impact approval ratings?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Which president began the modern presidency by elevating presidential decision making above congressional decision making? Explain how this change came about.
 
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tsternbergh47

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Explain that, historically, presidents have higher approval ratings at the beginning of their terms (honeymoon periods) than at the end of their terms in office.
2. Explain that approval drops during the president's term because dissatisfaction with a president's actions has a negative cumulative effect.
3. Note that presidential approval ratings also generally increase during a national crisis.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Name Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the beginning of the modern presidency.
2. Describe how the presidency changed with the creation of a new bureaucracy to manage the new federal agencies needed to implement the New Deal.
3. Include information about how Roosevelt built a relationship with the public through his fireside chats.
4. Include information about him taking a leading role in shaping public policy.




kamilo84

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Wow, this really help


robbielu01

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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