Presidential Studies Quarterly

Papers
(The median citation count of Presidential Studies Quarterly is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Resowing the Seeds of War: Presidential Peace Rhetoric Since 1945. By Stephen J.HeidtEast Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 2020. 329 pp.12
The Uses and Misuses of Politics: Karl Rove and the Bush Presidency. By William G. Mayer. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2021. 408 pp.11
Organizing the Biden Presidency11
The Pivotal and Distributive Politics of Senate‐Confirmed Appointee Vacancies8
Ruining Murray Chotiner: A Forgotten Chapter in the Rivalry Between the Kennedys and Nixon7
Travel to and from the United States and Foreign Leader Approval7
An Introduction to the Symposium on Presidential Management and Control of the Bureaucracy5
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Are Presidential Candidates Impervious to Deception Detection? A Test of Voters' Truth‐Default4
“Living in History*”: Bush, World War II, and the Use of Historical Analogies in the Gulf Crisis4
Carrot or stick, or both? Examining U.S. presidents' use of counterterrorism tools in Pakistan, 2001–20204
Electoral Effect of Protracted Presidential Primaries4
The presidential rhetoric of Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, and Calvin Coolidge: The centennial of the modern American presidencyBy BenVoth, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. 2023. pp. 2744
The “benign prerogative”: Political theory and executive pardoning4
The Idea of Presidential Representation: An Intellectual and Political History. By JeremyD. BaileyLawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2019. 272 pp.4
Democratic values and support for executive power4
Presidential Control of Independent Agencies’ Leadership and Personnel: A Two‐Case Study of Interbranch Contestation over the Bureaucracy and the Unitary Executive under Donald Trump3
The President's Influence on Congressional Candidate Evaluations3
The Contemporary Presidency: The (vice) presidential pivot? Examining Kamala Harris's messaging before and after the 2022 midterms3
Persuading the Public: The Evolution of Popular Presidential Communication from Washington to Trump. By Anne C.Pluta, Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. 2023. pp. 1923
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Joseph Biden's Effective Presidential Transition: “Started Early, Went Big”2
Executive politics in an era of democratic crisis2
The economic drivers of political time2
Populism, democracy, and the post‐2020 Republican Party in Congress2
Intensity (and backlash) of opinion on civil rights and presidential responsiveness2
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Political Context, White House Centralization, and the Timing of Presidential Nominations to the Federal Courts2
The Historical Presidency: Protecting a president and graymailing courts: Iran‐Contra and the obstruction of justice2
Violent crime and the expansion of executive power in Latin America2
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Serving the Law or Playing Politics? The Strategic Use of U.S. Attorney Appointments2
Presidential partisanship and regulatory review2
The Contemporary Presidency: “Was the “Deep State” Out to Get President Trump? Evidence from Campaign Contributions from F.B.I. Personnel”1
Institutional constraints on the executive, investment, and elections1
The Ubiquitous Presidency: Presidential Communication and Digital Democracy in Tumultuous Times. By Joshua M. Scacco and Kevin Coe New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. 248 pp.1
Amateur Hour: Presidential Character and the Question of Leadership. By Lara M.BrownNew York, NY: Routledge, 2021. 235 pp.1
Partisanship and public support for presidential norms1
The Trials of Harry S. Truman: The Extraordinary Presidency of an Ordinary Man, 1945–1953. By Jeffrey Frank. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2022. 528 pp.1
Keeping tabs on the executive1
Informing a Nation: The Newspaper Presidency of Thomas Jefferson By MelLaracey, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 2021. pp. 248.1
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Partisanship, Trump favorability, and changes in support for trade1
Lincoln and Native Americans By Michael S.Green, Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. 2021. pp. 1761
The administrative politics of unilateral action: Measuring delegation and discretion in the executive branch1
Status and expertise: A typology of US presidential transition team members1
The Primary That Made a President: John F. Kennedy and West Virginia. By RobertRuppKnoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2020. 234 pp.1
The president and the vice president: Different types of partnerships for a unique power couple1
Emotional labor in decision making: Gender, race, and relational practices in the White House1
The Idealist: Wendell Willkie's Wartime Quest to Build One World. By SamuelZipp Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press [Belknap Press], 2020. 393 pp.1
The Living Presidency: An Originalist Argument against Its Ever‐Expanding Powers. By Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020. 337 pp.1
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The Law: “Beyond the Torture Memos: How the Office of Legal Counsel Matters for Executive Branch Scholarship”1
Stock market reactions to firm visits by presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush through Donald J. Trump1
The Unitary Presidency. By Graham G.DoddsNew York, NY: Routledge, 2020. 120 pp.1
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Going green or making green? The effects of partisanship and inflation on environmental executive orders, 1945−20200
Presidential Patronage and Executive Branch Appointments, 1925–19590
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Comparing the impact of Joe Biden and Donald Trump on popular attitudes toward their parties0
An Analysis of Polling Performance in the 2024 US Presidential Election0
Legislative responses to shared executive authority: How the prospects for executive branch coordination affect congressional budgetary authority under separated powers0
The Republican Evolution: From Governing Party to Antigovernment Party, 1860–2020 By KennethJanda, New York: Columbia University Press. 2022. pp. 3440
Creating the executive budget process: What was Congress thinking?0
Molly Dewson, the women's division, and grassroots presidential campaigning during the New Deal0
Enabling POTUS: Mark Meadows as Donald Trump's Last Chief of Staff0
Gender and moral language on the presidential campaign trail0
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Trump, the Administrative Presidency, and Federalism. By Frank J.Thompson, Kenneth K.Wong, and Barry G.RabeWashington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2020. 242 pp.0
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When Two Become One? Examining Kamala Harris and Joe Biden's Campaign Themes from Primary to General Election0
The strongman presidency and the two logics of presidential power0
Presidential attentiveness to international crises0
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The Contemporary Presidency: Which presidents win more or less than expected in Congress? A Biden update0
Waiting for Advice and Consent: Record‐Level Diversity amidst an Exceedingly Slow Confirmation Pace during the First 300 Days of the Biden Administration0
Electing Madam Vice President: When Women Run Women Win. By Nichola D. Gutgold Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2021. 147 pp.0
Racially Conditioned Partisans: Exploring How Racial Attitudes Influence Presidential Approval, Issue Competencies, and Vote Choice0
The Upcoming Insignificance of the American Presidency: Flouting the Framer's Forewarning. By Wilbur C.Rich. New York, NY: Routledge, 2024. 216 pp0
Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. By Thomas J. Balcerski New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 350 pp.0
The Politicized Enforcement of Laws Criminalizing Executive Branch Conflicts of Interest0
War power through restraint: The politics of unilateral military action after 19450
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The case for agency: Three dimensions of discretion in presidential agenda construction0
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The Public's Premium: George W. Bush's Symbiosis of the Rhetorical Presidency and the Unitary Executive0
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Fighting the last war: Is presidential hindsight 20‐20?0
The Historical Presidency: Rethinking the origins of national security classification0
Ideas of Power: The Politics of American Party Ideology Development. By Verlan Lewis New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 202 pp.0
President Trump's Clemency Record: Extraordinary or Just Ordinary?0
A View from Abroad: The Story of John and Abigail Adams in Europe. By Jeanne E. Abrams New York: New York University Press, 2021. 287 pp.0
The Power of Presidential Partisanship: Going Public on Court Reform0
Why Jefferson Delivered His First Annual Message in Writing: New Historical Evidence0
Under Pressure: Centralizing Regulation in Response to Presidential Priorities0
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The tone of the president's immigration rhetoric0
What causes threats directed at the president?0
Turnover, Loyalty and Competence in the West Wing: The Trump White House in Historical Context0
To caucus or primary? Why state parties change their presidential nomination contests0
Electing presidents: A hidden facet of democratization0
President Ford, the ASALH, and the political origins of black history month0
The Politicization Conversation: A Call to Better Define and Measure the Concept0
Progressive Presidents, New Empire, and the Enduring Frontier Myth0
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Veto rhetoric: A leadership strategy for divided governmentBy SamuelKernell, Thousand Oaks, CA: CQ Press. 2024. pp. 2180
The Last Liberal Republican: An Insider's Perspective on Nixon's Surprising Social Policy By John RoyPrice, Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. 2021. pp. 4000
The Importance of Position: Agency Discretionary Budgets and PAS Appointments0
The Power of a Tweet? Social Media, Presidential Communication, and the Politics of Health0
Tweeter‐in‐chief: Dynamics of Trump's populist campaign against the Fed0
Fundraiser in Chief: Presidents and the Politics of Campaign CashBy Brendan J.Doherty, Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. 2023. pp. 197.0
Roosevelt and Churchill: The Atlantic Charter, A Risky Meeting at Sea that Saved Democracy. By MichaelKluger and RichardEvansBarnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Books [Frontline Books], 2020
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President Trump and the Shallow State: Disloyalty at the Highest Levels0
Perception and Mobilization of “Truth”: January 6, 2021, Stop the Steal, and Social Media0
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A Case of Command: The Emancipation Proclamation as a Last Resort0
Presidential candidates nobody wants?0
Tribal coalitions and lobbying outcomes: Evidence from administrative rulemaking0
Acting(s) without consequence: The (lack of) public costs for vacancies and acting officials0
Deplorable: The Worst Presidential Campaigns from Jefferson to Trump. By Mary E. Stuckey University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2021. 318 pp.0
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Presidential hawkishness, domestic popularity, and diplomatic normalization0
One President at a Time? How the President‐Elect Shapes U.S. Foreign Policy during the Transition0
The End of the Rhetorical Presidency? Public Leadership in the Trump Era. By Diane J.HeithNew York, NY: Routledge, 2021. 153 pp.0
The Historical Presidency: “Giving government to business”: Dwight Eisenhower and the Federal Highway Act0
The Immigration Rhetoric of Donald Trump0
The problematic but seductive call of prerogative power0
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The Historical Presidency: I like Ike: The origins of broadcast presidential campaign advertising0
Escaping isolation: Harry Truman and the sources of modern presidential authority0
The Complex Reality of Vice Presidential Selection in the Modern Era0
Presidential particularism, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and the Biden administration0
The First Inauguration: George Washington and the Invention of the Republic. By Stephen HowardBrowneState College, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2020. 229 pp.0
The End of Ambition: The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam Era. By Mark Atwood Lawrence. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021. 386 pp.0
Career motives of presidential appointees and agency communication across American states0
Does President Trump's Outrageous Behavior Work?: Results from Two Randomized‐Controlled Trials0
Analyzing arguments in executive veto messages0
Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive. By Stephen Skowronek, John A. Dearborn, and Desmond King. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. 304 pp.0
The Black President: Hope and Fury in the Age of ObamaBy Claude A.Clegg, III, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2021. pp. 672.0
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Implementing Executive Orders in the Administrative State0
Going for Goals: Presidential Appointments and Agency Goal Change0
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The Problem of Lingering Sentiment: Is Donald Trump Still the Nation's CEO?0
Carpetbaggers, Confederates, and Richard Nixon: The 1960 Presidential Election, Historical Memory, and the Republican Southern Strategy0
Breaking New Ground: Field Office Strategies in the 2024 Presidential Election0
To preserve, release, and litigate: Dimensions of executive branch transparency0
Presidential Strategy amidst the “Broken” Appointments Process0
Presidential Strategies in Statements of Administration Policy0
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Unilateral Power for Saving Lives: Presidential Policymaking Under COVID‐190
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Using Folded Seats‐Votes Curves to Compare Partisan Bias in the 2020 Presidential Election with Partisan Bias in the Five Other Presidential Elections in the 21st Century0
The President and the Supreme Court: Going Public on Judicial Decisions from Washington to Trump. By Paul M. Collins, Jr. and Matthew Eshbaugh‐Soha Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 267 pp.0
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Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy By Stephen F.Knott, Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. 2022. pp. 2800
Energy Crises: Nixon, Ford, Carter and Hard Choices in the 1970s. By Jay Hakes Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2021. 412 pp.0
Public support for vice presidential reform0
Who Sponsors the President's Program in the Opposition's House?0
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Managing our SOBs: Washington's response to friendly dictators in trouble0
The biggest losers: Legacy, exigence, and apologia in presidential farewell addresses0
Secrets and transparency: The Office of Strategic Information and the first freedom of information law0
National security in presidential time: The politics of the National Security Council0
“Mrs. Nixon's Goodwill Mission”: The Great Peruvian Earthquake, Rhetorical History, and the Art of Personal Diplomacy0
Changing Their Minds? Donald Trump and Presidential Leadership. By George C. Edwards III. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2021. 376 pp.0
Is the US Supreme Court a reliable backstop for an overreaching US president? Maybe, but is an overreaching (partisan) court worse?0
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Manipulating the Masses: Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of American Propaganda. By John Maxwell Hamilton Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2020. 656 pp.0
Not by the Numbers: Evaluating Trump's Administrative Presidency0
The Historical Presidency: Medical deception and the presidency in antebellum America0
The Historical Presidency: “Something uniquely sinister in U.S. history”: New evidence on the Truman administration's 1951 investigation of the China Lobby0
Trump and Us: What He Says and Why People Listen. By Roderick P. Hart. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 264 pp.0
Barack Obama and the Politics of Military Force, 2009–20120
Jimmy Carter's cold war legacy0
The Historical Presidency: Eisenhower's Crusaders: District Court Appointments as Civil Rights Policy, 1953–19610
This Crisis Is Different: Weakened Economic Accountability During the COVID‐19 Pandemic0
Presidential Responsiveness to Black Interests From Grant to Biden: The Power of the Vote, the Power of Protest0
Do White House Chiefs of Staff “manage up”?0
Reconsidering Bellwether Locations in U.S. Presidential Elections0
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