The Executive Branch: The President
Word Meaning Recent Presidents 32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) 33. Harry S. Truman (D) 34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 35. John F. Kennedy (D) 36. Lyndon B. Johnson (D) 37. Richard M. Nixon (R) 38. Gerald R. Ford (R) 39. Jimmy Carter (D) 40. Ronald Reagan (R) 41. George H. W. Bush (R) 42. William Clinton (D) 43. George W. Bush (R) 44. Barack H. Obama (D) 3 Audiences that must be satisfied politicians party activists, public takes highly developed leadership + management skills different theories on required characteristics etc Richard Neustadl - political scientist + historian - asserted that presidents most vital power is that of persuasion - cannot simply issue series of orders to carry out agenda