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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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The Uses and Misuses of Politics: Karl Rove and the Bush Presidency. By William G. Mayer. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2021. 408 pp.15
The Pivotal and Distributive Politics of Senate‐Confirmed Appointee Vacancies14
Travel to and from the United States and Foreign Leader Approval12
Subverting the Republic: Donald J. Trump and the Perils of Presidentialism. By Nicholas F.Jacobs and Sidney M.Milkis. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 2025. 328 pp.11
An Introduction to the Symposium on Presidential Management and Control of the Bureaucracy8
Are Presidential Candidates Impervious to Deception Detection? A Test of Voters' Truth‐Default5
Carrot or stick, or both? Examining U.S. presidents' use of counterterrorism tools in Pakistan, 2001–20205
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“Living in History*”: Bush, World War II, and the Use of Historical Analogies in the Gulf Crisis5
Electoral Effect of Protracted Presidential Primaries5
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. 2745
The “benign prerogative”: Political theory and executive pardoning4
Persuading the Public: The Evolution of Popular Presidential Communication from Washington to Trump. By Anne C.Pluta, Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. 2023. pp. 1924
Democratic values and support for executive power4
Patriot Presidents: From George Washington to John Quincy Adams By William E.Leuchtenburg, New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. 227 pp. $29.99. ISBN: 978‐0‐19‐759885‐64
The President's Influence on Congressional Candidate Evaluations3
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
Executive politics in an era of democratic crisis3
It Wasn't Just the Economy, Stupid: How Calvin Coolidge Won the 1924 Presidential Election3
The Contemporary Presidency: The (vice) presidential pivot? Examining Kamala Harris's messaging before and after the 2022 midterms3
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
Populism, democracy, and the post‐2020 Republican Party in Congress2
Intensity (and backlash) of opinion on civil rights and presidential responsiveness2
Violent crime and the expansion of executive power in Latin America2
Serving the Law or Playing Politics? The Strategic Use of U.S. Attorney Appointments2
Presidential partisanship and regulatory review2
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The economic drivers of political time2
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Donald Trump's Words2
Partisanship, Trump favorability, and changes in support for trade2
Status and expertise: A typology of US presidential transition team members1
Presidential candidates nobody wants?1
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The Idealist: Wendell Willkie's Wartime Quest to Build One World. By SamuelZipp Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press [Belknap Press], 2020. 393 pp.1
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
Stock market reactions to firm visits by presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush through Donald J. Trump1
Managing our SOBs: Washington's response to friendly dictators in trouble1
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Institutional constraints on the executive, investment, and elections1
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
False Front: The Failed Promise of Presidential Power in a Polarized Age. By KennethLowande, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2024. 244 pp.1
The president and the vice president: Different types of partnerships for a unique power couple1
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
Emotional labor in decision making: Gender, race, and relational practices in the White House1
Informing a Nation: The Newspaper Presidency of Thomas Jefferson By MelLaracey, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 2021. pp. 248.1
Breaking New Ground: Field Office Strategies in the 2024 Presidential Election0
Comparing the impact of Joe Biden and Donald Trump on popular attitudes toward their parties0
Little Helpers: Harry Vaughan, His Cronies, and Corruption in the Truman AdministrationBy John RobertGreene, Columbia MS: University of Missouri Press, 2024. pp. 177.0
Veto rhetoric: A leadership strategy for divided governmentBy SamuelKernell, Thousand Oaks, CA: CQ Press. 2024. pp. 2180
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War power through restraint: The politics of unilateral military action after 19450
“A No Man's Land Somewhere Between the Legislative and Executive Branch”: John C. Calhoun, John Nance Garner, and the Creation of the Modern Vice Presidency0
Gender and moral language on the presidential campaign trail0
Career motives of presidential appointees and agency communication across American states0
Barack Obama and the Politics of Military Force, 2009–20120
The Politicization Conversation: A Call to Better Define and Measure the Concept0
The Democrats in Turmoil: The Bitter Fights to Select a Presidential Nominee, 1896–1924 By Bradley C.Nahrstadt, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2025. 356 pp. $120. ISBN: 979‐8‐76‐513244‐9.0
Response and Diversion: Unilateral Action in Times of Economic Crisis0
Unilateral Power for Saving Lives: Presidential Policymaking Under COVID‐190
Legislative responses to shared executive authority: How the prospects for executive branch coordination affect congressional budgetary authority under separated powers0
Tribal coalitions and lobbying outcomes: Evidence from administrative rulemaking0
Waiting for Advice and Consent: Record‐Level Diversity amidst an Exceedingly Slow Confirmation Pace during the First 300 Days of the Biden Administration0
Going for Goals: Presidential Appointments and Agency Goal Change0
“Mrs. Nixon's Goodwill Mission”: The Great Peruvian Earthquake, Rhetorical History, and the Art of Personal Diplomacy0
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 Historical Presidency: Medical deception and the presidency in antebellum America0
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One President at a Time? How the President‐Elect Shapes U.S. Foreign Policy during the Transition0
The Historical Presidency: Eisenhower's Crusaders: District Court Appointments as Civil Rights Policy, 1953–19610
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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
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The case for agency: Three dimensions of discretion in presidential agenda construction0
Do White House Chiefs of Staff “manage up”?0
The Historical Presidency: “Giving government to business”: Dwight Eisenhower and the Federal Highway Act0
Racially Conditioned Partisans: Exploring How Racial Attitudes Influence Presidential Approval, Issue Competencies, and Vote Choice0
Fundraiser in Chief: Presidents and the Politics of Campaign CashBy Brendan J.Doherty, Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. 2023. pp. 197.0
The Isolated Presidency. By Jordan T.Cash, New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. 272 pp. $45. ISBN: 978‐0‐19‐766977‐80
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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
This Crisis Is Different: Weakened Economic Accountability During the COVID‐19 Pandemic0
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
Constitutional Ambiguity and the Interpretation of Presidential Power. By Richard W.Waterman, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2025. 324 pp.0
The Republican Evolution: From Governing Party to Antigovernment Party, 1860–2020 By KennethJanda, New York: Columbia University Press. 2022. pp. 3440
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Acting(s) without consequence: The (lack of) public costs for vacancies and acting officials0
President Ford, the ASALH, and the political origins of black history month0
To preserve, release, and litigate: Dimensions of executive branch transparency0
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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
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Perception and Mobilization of “Truth”: January 6, 2021, Stop the Steal, and Social Media0
Presidential particularism, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and the Biden administration0
Who Sponsors the President's Program in the Opposition's House?0
Deplorable: The Worst Presidential Campaigns from Jefferson to Trump. By Mary E. Stuckey University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2021. 318 pp.0
The Public's Premium: George W. Bush's Symbiosis of the Rhetorical Presidency and the Unitary Executive0
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A Case of Command: The Emancipation Proclamation as a Last Resort0
Polls and Precision Strikes: Electoral Origins of High‐Tech Warfighting0
The Politicized Enforcement of Laws Criminalizing Executive Branch Conflicts of Interest0
The Complex Reality of Vice Presidential Selection in the Modern Era0
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Not by the Numbers: Evaluating Trump's Administrative Presidency0
Fighting the last war: Is presidential hindsight 20‐20?0
Executive Orders Under Judicial Scrutiny: The Role of Partisanship in Judicial Outcomes0
National security in presidential time: The politics of the National Security Council0
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
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Jimmy Carter's cold war legacy0
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
Public support for vice presidential reform0
Analyzing arguments in executive veto messages0
The biggest losers: Legacy, exigence, and apologia in presidential farewell addresses0
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An Analysis of Polling Performance in the 2024 US Presidential Election0
To caucus or primary? Why state parties change their presidential nomination contests0
Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy By Stephen F.Knott, Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. 2022. pp. 2800
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Progressive Presidents, New Empire, and the Enduring Frontier Myth0
The tone of the president's immigration rhetoric0
Presidential hawkishness, domestic popularity, and diplomatic normalization0
Creating the executive budget process: What was Congress thinking?0
Tweeter‐in‐chief: Dynamics of Trump's populist campaign against the Fed0
Secrets and transparency: The Office of Strategic Information and the first freedom of information law0
Presidential Strategy amidst the “Broken” Appointments Process0
The strongman presidency and the two logics of presidential power0
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
Energy Crises: Nixon, Ford, Carter and Hard Choices in the 1970s. By Jay Hakes Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2021. 412 pp.0
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Reconsidering Bellwether Locations in U.S. Presidential Elections0
What causes threats directed at the president?0
Molly Dewson, the women's division, and grassroots presidential campaigning during the New Deal0
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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 Power of a Tweet? Social Media, Presidential Communication, and the Politics of Health0
Electing Madam Vice President: When Women Run Women Win. By Nichola D. Gutgold Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2021. 147 pp.0
The Historical Presidency: “Something uniquely sinister in U.S. history”: New evidence on the Truman administration's 1951 investigation of the China Lobby0
The problematic but seductive call of prerogative power0
Presidential attentiveness to international crises0
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Electing presidents: A hidden facet of democratization0
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Is the US Supreme Court a reliable backstop for an overreaching US president? Maybe, but is an overreaching (partisan) court worse?0
Escaping isolation: Harry Truman and the sources of modern presidential authority0
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The Importance of Position: Agency Discretionary Budgets and PAS Appointments0
The Historical Presidency: I like Ike: The origins of broadcast presidential campaign advertising0
President Trump's Clemency Record: Extraordinary or Just Ordinary?0
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Presidential Strategies in Statements of Administration Policy0
President Trump and the Shallow State: Disloyalty at the Highest Levels0
The Contemporary Presidency: Which presidents win more or less than expected in Congress? A Biden update0
The Historical Presidency: Rethinking the origins of national security classification0
Implementing Executive Orders in the Administrative State0
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The Power of Presidential Partisanship: Going Public on Court Reform0
The Upcoming Insignificance of the American Presidency: Flouting the Framer's Forewarning. By Wilbur C.Rich. New York, NY: Routledge, 2024. 216 pp0
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