Chapter 10 The presidency
Chapter 10 The Presidency
The Many Roles of the President o chief of state- the role of the president as the ceremonial head of government o chief executive --the role of the president as the head of the executive branch of the government o commander in chief of the armed forces - the role of the president as the supreme commander of military forces of the U. S o chief diplomat --the role of the president in recognizing federal governments, making treaties, and making executive agreements o chief legislator - the role of the president in influencing the making of laws
The Many Roles of the President o chief of state – the role of the president as the ceremonial head of government o chief executive -- the role of the president as the head of the executive branch of the government o commander in chief of the armed forces -- the role of the president as the supreme commander of military forces of the U.S. o chief diplomat -- the role of the president in recognizing federal governments, making treaties, and making executive agreements o chief legislator -- the role of the president in influencing the making of laws
FIGURE 13-1 Public Popularity of Modern Presidents EISENHOWER JOHNSONNIXON FORD CARTER REAGAN BUSH CLINTON 艺 5山 195355575961636567697173757779818385878991939597990102 Year SOURCES: Public Opinion, February/March 1988, pp 36-39: and Gallup polls, 1992 through 2002
The President as Chief Legislator the State of the Union address s Proposing legislation typically easier to get Presidential initiatives passed when President's party control Congress typically more difficult when it does not Vetoing legislation requires a veto message
The President as Chief Legislator * the State of the Union Address * Proposing legislation – typically easier to get Presidential initiatives passed when President’s party control Congress – typically more difficult when it does not * Vetoing legislation – requires a veto message
Presidential Vetoes, 1789 to Presen REGULAR VETOES POcKET Y PRESIDENT VETOES OvERRIDDEN VETOES VETOES 1789-1797 797-18 I Acorns 1801-189Jefh 200 00020 l817-1825Mon 1825-1829J.Q. Adams 829-183 1837-1841 Van Buren harris 1841-1845 yle 050062 1845-1849 Poll Taylor 07104100 Fillmore 1853-1857 Pierre Buchanan LincoIn 1865-1865 A. Johnson 1869-187 1877-1881 Hayes l881-1881 Garfield 88I 1885- Cleveland 304 110 414 1889-183 893-1897 Cleveland 1897-1901 Me Kinley 901-1909 T Roosevelt Tan 1913-19 33 44 1921-1923 Harding 0 1923-1929 Coolidge 1929-1933 Hoover 1933-1945 F Roosevelt 372 1945-1953 Truman 1953-19 Eisenhower 1961-1 Kennedy 1969-1974 171po 28 1989-19 1993-201 Clinton G. W Bush Iwo pocket vetoes by President NINon overruled in the carts are countri here an emlar vetoes. President Clinton,'s Iine itern veto are not included