Myth of the Presidential Mandate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4284652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert A Dahl (0000-0002-1120-0417, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 355-372 |
| Publication date | 1990-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3195 • E-ISSN: 1538-165X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2150822 |
| OpenAlex | W2015318264 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 45 |
not simply a mandate for a change but a mandate for peace and freedom; a mandate for prosperity; a mandate for opportunity for all Americans regardless of race, sex, or creed; a mandate for leadership that is both strong and compassionate . .. a mandate to make government the servant of the people in the way our founding fathers intended; a mandate for hope; a mandate for hope for the fulfillment of the great dream that President-elect Reagan has worked for all his life.1
Mandate · Mythology · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Public Administration
Uncertain Law in Uncertain Times
Institutional Change and the Presidential Mandate
Presidents, Parties, and Prime Ministers
Framing Inequality
Media framing biases and political power
Embracing the Maverick
Should We Vote in Non-Deterministic Elections
Twenty‐First Century Autocrats and Their Followers
Post‐Communist Mandates
What were the French telling us by voting down the ‘EU constitution’? A case for interpretive research on referendum debates
The representative system
Presidential Mandates in the Nineteenth Century
The contingency of Senate consent
Evolution of the Modern Rhetorical Presidency
Opposition to the Theory of P residential R epresentation
The Midterm Landslide of 2010
Explaining Electoral Change in the 2018 US Midterm Elections
"Barack Obama, the Democratic Party, and the Future of the "New American Party System
Political equality, plural voting, and the leveling down objection
Did Donald Trump Receive a Mandate for Sweeping Change in 2024
Measuring the Contribution of Voting Blocs to Election Outcomes
Institutional Change and the Presidential Mandate
Barack Obama and the Rhetoric of Electoral Logic
Recasting the Meaning of Elections
Elections and Markets
Predicting Elections
The Policy Opportunities in Presidential Honeymoons
We the People
The Political Communication of Mandate Elections
Adversaries or Allies? Donald Trump’s Republican Support in Congress
What Happened to Post-Partisanship? Barack Obama and the New American Party System
The Opportunistic President
Policy-Motivated Parties in Dynamic Political Competition
The Normative Force of Electoral Promises
Democratic Contention and the 2024 US Presidential Election
Electoral Margins and American Foreign Policy1
The personalization of government
The Rhetorical and Administrative Presidencies
Whose Mandate? Policy Promises, Strong Bicameralism and Polled Opinion
The Rhetoric Revival in Political Theory
Comparing Competing Theories on the Causes of Mandate Perceptions
Surge and Decline
The Occurrence and Consequences of Electoral Mandates in Historical Context
Misunderstanding Executive Representation
Presidential Mandates and the Dynamics of Senate Advice and Consent, 1885-1996
| Unique citing works | 45 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,45 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2026 (32) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 43 |