Provisional Pulpit: Modern Presidential Leadership of Public Opinion

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List of Illustrations Figures . Presidential Leadership of Public Opinion, –  . Who Is “Really Trying” to Find a Solution?  . Who Is to Blame for the Government Shutdown?  . Declining Support for Medicare Financed through Social Security  . President Reagan’s Social Security Proposals  . Attitudes Toward Military Action in the Persian Gulf  . Tradeoffs to Withdrawal from Vietnam  . President Clinton’s Handling of Somalia  . Support for Military Action in Iraq  Tables . Percentage Change in Leading Public Opinion  . Shorter Windows on Opinion Leadership  . Opinion Movement at One and Three Months  . Media Coverage and Leadership Success  . Opinion Movement at One Month (Alternate Specifications)  . Popular Presidents at One Month  . Barnstorming for Iraq after the Convention  . Opinion Movement on Major and Minor Foreign Policy Issues Within One Month  . Successful and Unsuccessful Leadership Conditions  . Approval of Nixon’s Handling of the Economy,  and   . Approval of Phase I Programs, August   . Ratios of Ford Economic Program Supporters to Nonsupporters  . Priority Summary of Feelings Toward Ford Economic Plan  . Moving Opinion on Vietnam,   . Approval of President Bush’s Policies in the Middle East  x : LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . Who Is to Blame for Little Progress in Peace?  . United States Troops and Somalia  . President Bush’s Handling of Immigration ()  . Persuaded by President Bush’s Social Security Proposals?  A. Total Pages and Random Selection of Pages  A. Policy Statements and Standard Errors  C. Heckman Selection Model: Poll Selection  C. Heckman Selection Model: “Attempts” to Lead  C. Regression Model for Opinion Movement Within One Month  C. Opinion Movement for All Presidents at One and Three Months  C. Opinion Movement at One Month (Alternate Specifications)  C. Opinion Movement on Major and Minor Foreign Policy Issues Within One Month  ...