Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Political Institutions and the Politics of the Presidential Mandate 1
5. 1. Changes in Mandate Rhetoric: From the Progressive Era to the Partisan Era 21
6. 2. The Changing Presidential Script: Hoover, Roosevelt, and the Politics of Transition 59
7. 3. President of All the People? Eisenhower, Johnson, and Leadership in the Modern Era 83
8. 4. The Presidency in Crisis: Nixon, Carter, and the Decline of Consensus 111
9. 5. What an Election Is All About: Reagan, Bush, Obama, and the Age of Mandates 135
10. Conclusion: Delivering the People’s Message 165
11. Notes 179
12. Index 203