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Presidential Campaigning in the 2002 Congressional Elections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2004

Luke J. Keele ,
Brian J. Fogarty  and
James A. Stimson
Luke J. Keele
Affiliation:
Nuffield College, Oxford University
Brian J. Fogarty
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
James A. Stimson
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Many different elements make up the strength of a president, but a president with a majority in both houses of Congress works from a position of power. While a congressional majority does not guarantee that a president can pass his agenda (witness Jimmy Carter and the first two years of the Clinton presidency), a president that has majority in Congress will have natural allies instead of natural enemies when he works to enact his legislative agenda.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , October 2004 , pp. 827 - 832
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© 2004 by the American Political Science Association

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