POL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Jodie Foster, Universal Health Care, George H. W. Bush
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Most presidents didn"t maintain their honeymoon period ratings and ended up in the ~40%s (give or take) Presidents who maintain high level of approval must maintain a high level of economic success. Clinton"s economic advisor: it"s the economy, stupid! . Avoid big, enduring wars with few gains. Wars that they can"t easily fight, win, and withdraw. Heresthetic -- using something the public already supports. Looked at what carter had done and realized that as. Carter began to decline in approval, made many public speeches and appearances -- overexposed. Public quickly realized carter didn"t have many new things to say, but still kept making speeches, so they got annoyed. Reagan limited his exposure to a few major speeches and used each one to build public support to aid his ambitious agenda -- compared to carter"s long laundry list of moderate goals. Tax cuts, dramatic defense increase, major deregulation regarding pollution, safety at the workplace, etc.
