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9780415947596

The Policy Partnership: Presidential Elections and American Democracy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415947596

  • ISBN10:

    0415947596

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-05-04
  • Publisher: Routledge

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The presidency was neither designed nor expected to act in concert with the American people; the Framers intended Congress to represent the popular will. Thanks in part to public outrage at Congressional abuses of power, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson led mass movements that forced major changes in the presidency, electoral politics, and national policy. Contemporary presidents are elected on the promise of being the direct representative of the people. There is an implicit deal between the president and voters: election to office in return for responsiveness to voter concerns. AsThe Policy Partnershipshows, this relationship has been crumbling for some time. Presidents frequently break campaign promises and make unpopular decisions, while the public rarely bands together to demand attention to policy concerns. Many people simply do not vote; political elites take advantage of this indifference to advance their own agendas. Bruce Buchanan explores the presidential elections of thelast half-century to answer pressing questions created by this situation: What has become of the policy relationship potential created by presidential elections? To what degree do candidates and presidents take voter policy concerns into account before and after elections? How much influence do voters really have on presidential policy? What can be done to increase voter participation and presidential responsiveness? The central question of democratic politics comes down to the relationship between popular electoral choices and public policy: if voters can't influence what government does, then what is the point of democracy?

Table of Contents

A topology of voter influencep. 1
Direct influence : the voter-driven casesp. 15
Anticipatory influence : the leader-bargain casesp. 33
Legitimizing influence : the claimed-consent casesp. 53
Policy partnerships : what would it take?p. 79
The future of public influence : revising health carep. 107
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