PRESIDENCY REVIEW
Structure of the Office of the
President
• White House Office, Executive Offices,
Cabinet Posts
• Appointed by, confirmed?
• considerations when making appointments
• Importance??

PRESIDENCY REVIEW
Presidential veto
• Types of veto
• Threat of veto as leverage
• Difficulty of overriding
• Extent of use
• Line-item veto??

PRESIDENCY REVIEW
Presidents and foreign policy
• Powers stated in the Constitution
(shared and alone)
• Executive agreement
• Congress and foreign policy
(Constitutional powers)
• Congress, President, and foreign policy since WWII

PRESIDENCY REVIEW
Presidents and their use of media
• “Bully pulpit”
• Advantage over Congress
• Helpful in expansion of
Presidential authority in the modern era

PRESIDENCY REVIEW
Presidential nomination process
• Changing role of primaries and caucuses
• DNC and RNC
• Convention delegates
• Are Convention delegates representative of the rank-and-file party member?

PRESIDENCY REVIEW
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
• Why adopted?
• How it works?
• Electoral votes per state?
• How are electoral votes assigned to candidates?
• How does it influence campaigns?
• How does it influence third parties?
• Can you win an election with less than
50% of the popular vote?

PRESIDENCY REVIEW
Presidents and saying “No”
• Veto
• Executive privilege (Nixon and
Clinton)
• Impoundment
Presidents and executive orders

PRESIDENCY REVIEW
Presidents and Pursuit of Legislative
Agenda
• Media
• Popularity
• Partisan loyalties
• lobbying
• “honeymoon” period

PRESIDENCY REVIEW
REMOVAL OF A PRESIDENT
• Impeachment
• Trial
• conviction