POLI 11 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Harold Macmillan
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1. winning elections- a prime minister may be self interested, but is not self employed. To become prime minister,a politican must first be an elected leader of his or her party. 7 prime ministers since 1945-winston churchill, anthony eden, harold macmillan, alec douglas, james. Callaghan, john mayor, and gordon brown entered downing street during the middle of. In the 18 elections since 1945, the prime minister of the day has 10x led the governing party to victory and 8 times to defeat. 2. campaigning through media-a prime minister does not need to attract publicity; it is upon the pm by the curiousity of tv and newspaper reporters. The personality of a prime minister remains relatively constant, but during a term of office, his or her popularity can fluctuate by more than 45 percentage points in public opinion polls.
