Midterm Campaigning and the Modern Presidency: Reshaping the President's Relationship with Congress

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Michael A. Juliusauthor

Michael A. Julius earned his PhD at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He is a lecturer at Coastal Carolina University. His scholarly work has focused on developing a greater understanding of presidential-congressional relations.

Midterm Campaigning and the Modern Presidency: Reshaping the President's Relationship with Congress

20180731

Praeger

Pages 176
Topics Politics, Law, and Government

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Midterm Campaigning and the Modern Presidency: Reshaping the President's Relationship with Congress

Author(s): Julius, Michael;
Contributors: Julius, Michael;
Abstract:

Providing a unique resource for readers seeking to understand the relationship between presidents, parties, and Congress, this book offers a new explanation of the motivations, strategies, and impacts of presidential midterm campaigns.


• Examines all presidential midterm campaigning from 1954 (the inception of the "imperial" presidency) through 2014

• Includes case studies of nine presidents as midterm campaigners: Johnson, Taft, FDR, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Clinton, Bush, and Obama

• Shows that presidents use campaigns not to aid their own party but to reshape it around their own ideological preferences

• Explains the relationship between presidential midterm campaigning and the U.S. party system

• Explores how presidential midterm campaigning affects subsequent Congressional behavior and federal elections

SortTitle: midterm campaigning and the modern presidency: reshaping the president's relationship with congress
Author Info:
Michael A. Juliusauthor

Michael A. Julius earned his PhD at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He is a lecturer at Coastal Carolina University. His scholarly work has focused on developing a greater understanding of presidential-congressional relations.

eISBN-13: 9781440845178
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Print ISBN-13: 9781440845161
Imprint: Praeger
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 20180731