POLS 155 Study Guide - Final Guide: Recess Appointment, Telephone Tapping, Red Tape
28 Aug 2016
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Pols 155- rebecca britton- study guide for final ch. Coattails effects : the idea that a popular president can generate additional support for candidates affiliated with his party; they are weak or nonexistent in most american elections. Executive privilege: the right of the president to keep executive branch conversations and correspondence confidential from the legislative and judicial branches. First-mover advantage: there is no way for members of congress to force the president to negotiate a treaty, the president has a first-mover advantage in the treaty-making process. Going public : strategy for independent politicians with few group or institutional loyalties and who are not so interested in sacrificing short-term gain for the longer-term advantages of bargaining. Since presidents are commonly political outsiders, many feel more at home going public than bargaining, a president seeks to mobilize other politicians" supporters on his behalf. Usually, a particular audience or constituency is targeted with a particular message.
