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POLI 308 US Presidency

This article provides an overview of the US presidency, discussing three main approaches - historical, institutional, and character - that help in studying the presidency. It explores topics such as presidential eligibility, institutional structure, management dilemmas, and the influence of character. Additionally, it examines presidential domination, the institutional environment, and cycles of presidential power. The article also delves into the design of the US government, the powers of the executive branch, executive orders, and the process of choosing a president through the Electoral College.

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POLI 308 US Presidency

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  1. POLI 308 US Presidency

  2. Basics Ideas in Studying the Presidency: Big Frameworks Three Approaches to the Presidency Presidential Domination Institutional Environment Cycles of Presidential Power

  3. 1. Three Approaches to the Presidency • Historical • Institutional • Character

  4. Historical

  5. Historical: Presidential Power

  6. Historical: Eligibility • Who can be president?

  7. Institutional Approach

  8. Basic Structure US Constitution Executive Legislative Judicial

  9. Cabinet-Style Government(standard organizational structure)

  10. Career vs. AppointeeBasic Management Dilemma Transition 2016-17 Career OBAMA TRUMP

  11. Advisors to the President

  12. Character

  13. Character: The Good

  14. Character: The Bad

  15. Character: The Ridiculous

  16. 2. Presidential Domination

  17. Lincoln Memorial

  18. Jefferson Memorial

  19. Mt. Rushmore

  20. FDR Memorial

  21. Speaker of the House Monument?

  22. 4. Institutional Environment Time People Federal Judiciary State Courts Media Congress State Governments President Bureaucracy

  23. 5. Cycles of Presidential Power LBJ/Nixon Reagan Bush 43 Carter/Ford Bush 41/Clinton

  24. Creating the Executive

  25. Early Debates on the Executive Hamilton Madison Presidential power checks and balances

  26. Creating the Executive • Articles of Confederation • US Constitution • The Federalist Papers • Anti-Federalist Papers

  27. Enough Intro…

  28. Design of the US Government Articles of Confederation US Constitution Executive Legislative Judicial

  29. Institutional Powers Article One: Congressional Powers Declare War Raise and support armed forces Regulate armed forces Senate: approve executive branch officials Senate: advise and consent on treaties Tax and Spend money Article Two: Executive Powers Make treaties Appoint officials and ambassadors Commander-in-chief of armed forces

  30. Two Presidencies? Domestic Affairs vs. Foreign Affairs US vs. Curtiss Wright (1936) “The powers to declare and wage war, to conclude peace, to make treaties, to maintain diplomatic relations with other sovereignties, if they had never been mentioned in the Constitution, would have vested in the federal government…Not only, as we have shown, is the federal power over external affairs in origin and essential character different from that over internal affairs… In this vast external realm, with its important, complicated, delicate and manifold problems, the President alone has the power to speak or listen as a representative of the nation.”

  31. Supreme Court Judicial Review Marbury V. Madison 1803 John Marshall, Chief Justice 1801-1835

  32. Executive OrdersBy President since FDR Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation 9/22/62 FDR’s Orders 1937 Carter creates FEMA 7/20/79 Bush creates HSC and OHS 10/8/01 Bush Military Order on Unlawful Enemy Combatants 11/13/01 Obama Executive Order on Immigration 11/20/14

  33. Choosing a President • Electoral Votes • 12th Amendment • Election Results • Electoral College Rules

  34. Electoral College • Number of electoral votes: 538 • Number of House of Reps seats • Based on population • Number of Senate seats • Two per State • State wide elections • Winner of state vote gets electoral votes • Winner needs 270

  35. Actually Electing the President 2012 November 6, 2012—Election Day: The voters in each State chose electors to serve in the Electoral College.   December 17, 2012—Meeting of Electors:The electors in each State met to select the President and Vice President of the United States. December 26, 2012—Deadline for Receipt of Electoral Votes: Federal and State officials had to have the electoral votes in hand.  January 4, 2013—Electoral Votes Counted in Congress.

  36. Electoral Votes 2008

  37. Electoral College 2016

  38. Red States (180 EV)(pre-2016 assumptions)

  39. Blue States 2016 (215 EV)(pre-2016 assumptions)

  40. Swing States (143 EV)(pre-2016 assumptions)

  41. 2012 Results (332-206)Obama Victory

  42. Blue State by County: Illinois Red State by County: Alabama Urban vs. Rural, plus College Towns:Population Density Matters

  43. 2016 Results (306-232)(304-227)*Trump Victory *Faithless electors 2016 (7 Total) (December 19, 2016) Faith Spotted Eagle (WA) Sanders (HI) Powell (3, WA) Paul (TX) Kasich (TX)

  44. 2016 Results by CountyBy Precinct

  45. ComplicationsElectoral Vote and Popular Vote 2016 1824 1876 1888 2000 US Election Atlas

  46. Before the 12th Amendment

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