Power, Forbearance, and the Presidency: Americans’ Attitudes toward Executive Authority

• In Event: CWC: Support for Liberal Democratic Institutions

Brief Overview

Leveraging the transition from Obama to Trump and a nationally representative panel survey, we find that Americans largely oppose presidential power and that these attitudes are stable even as their political alignment with the president changes.

Authors

• Andrew Reeves, Washington University in St Louis

• Jon C. Rogowski, Harvard University