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Presidents have claimed popular mandates for more than 150 years. How can they make such claims when surveys show that voters are uninformed about the issues? In this groundbreaking book, Patricia Conley argues that mandates are not mere statements of fact about the preferences of voters. By examining election outcomes from the politicians' viewpoint, Conley uncovers the inferences and strategies—the politics—that translate those outcomes into the national policy agenda.<br> <br> Presidents clai

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Author

Conley, Patricia Heidotting

Publisher

Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226114828

Category

politics

Subjects

Political Science, History, History & Theory

Updated

2026-03-25