Presidential Studies Quarterly

Papers
(The median citation count of Presidential Studies Quarterly is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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The Uses and Misuses of Politics: Karl Rove and the Bush Presidency. By William G. Mayer. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2021. 408 pp.19
Subverting the Republic: Donald J. Trump and the Perils of Presidentialism. By Nicholas F.Jacobs and Sidney M.Milkis. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 2025. 328 pp.17
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Are Presidential Candidates Impervious to Deception Detection? A Test of Voters' Truth‐Default7
Electoral Effect of Protracted Presidential Primaries6
The presidential rhetoric of Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, and Calvin Coolidge: The centennial of the modern American presidencyBy BenVoth, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. 2023. pp. 2746
Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic By Lindsay M.Chervinsky, New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. 426 pp.5
“Living in History*”: Bush, World War II, and the Use of Historical Analogies in the Gulf Crisis5
Democratic values and support for executive power5
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Patriot Presidents: From George Washington to John Quincy Adams By William E.Leuchtenburg, New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. 227 pp. $29.99. ISBN: 978‐0‐19‐759885‐64
The “benign prerogative”: Political theory and executive pardoning4
Carrot or stick, or both? Examining U.S. presidents' use of counterterrorism tools in Pakistan, 2001–20203
It Wasn't Just the Economy, Stupid: How Calvin Coolidge Won the 1924 Presidential Election3
The economic drivers of political time3
Persuading the Public: The Evolution of Popular Presidential Communication from Washington to Trump. By Anne C.Pluta, Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. 2023. pp. 1923
Populism, democracy, and the post‐2020 Republican Party in Congress3
The President's Influence on Congressional Candidate Evaluations3
Executive politics in an era of democratic crisis3
The Contemporary Presidency: The (vice) presidential pivot? Examining Kamala Harris's messaging before and after the 2022 midterms3
Political Context, White House Centralization, and the Timing of Presidential Nominations to the Federal Courts3
Through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall: Barack Obama, the Gay Rights Movement, and the Formative Relationship Between Presidents and Social Activists2
Presidential partisanship and regulatory review2
Violent crime and the expansion of executive power in Latin America2
Scandal: Why Politicians Survive Controversy in a Partisan Era By BrandonRottinghaus, New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2026. 213 pp2
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The Historical Presidency: Protecting a president and graymailing courts: Iran‐Contra and the obstruction of justice2
Donald Trump's Words2
Lincoln and Native Americans By Michael S.Green, Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. 2021. pp. 1761
Murder on the Mississippi: The Shocking Crimes That Shaped Abraham Lincoln. By SaladinAmbar, New York: Diversion Books, 2025. 204 pp.1
The president and the vice president: Different types of partnerships for a unique power couple1
Emotional labor in decision making: Gender, race, and relational practices in the White House1
False Front: The Failed Promise of Presidential Power in a Polarized Age. By KennethLowande, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2024. 244 pp.1
Status and expertise: A typology of US presidential transition team members1
Presidential candidates nobody wants?1
Four Dimensions of Presidential Leadership: Rethinking Nelson Mandela's Presidency1
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Informing a Nation: The Newspaper Presidency of Thomas Jefferson By MelLaracey, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 2021. pp. 248.1
Partisanship and public support for presidential norms1
Stock market reactions to firm visits by presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush through Donald J. Trump1
Managing our SOBs: Washington's response to friendly dictators in trouble1
The administrative politics of unilateral action: Measuring delegation and discretion in the executive branch1
Partisanship, Trump favorability, and changes in support for trade1
Intensity (and backlash) of opinion on civil rights and presidential responsiveness1
Institutional constraints on the executive, investment, and elections1
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The Trials of Harry S. Truman: The Extraordinary Presidency of an Ordinary Man, 1945–1953. By Jeffrey Frank. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2022. 528 pp.1
Keeping tabs on the executive1
Electing Madam Vice President: When Women Run Women Win. By Nichola D. Gutgold Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2021. 147 pp.1
Fighting the last war: Is presidential hindsight 20‐20?0
Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History by Julia R.Azari, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025. 288 pp. $30 (hardcover). ISBN: 978‐0‐69‐124695‐6.0
Waiting for Advice and Consent: Record‐Level Diversity amidst an Exceedingly Slow Confirmation Pace during the First 300 Days of the Biden Administration0
Presidential attentiveness to international crises0
Not by the Numbers: Evaluating Trump's Administrative Presidency0
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The Historical Presidency: Medical deception and the presidency in antebellum America0
Searching for Democratic Constraint in Donald Trump's America0
The President's Day: Managing Time in the Oval Office By Matthew N.Beckmann, New York: Columbia University Press, 2024. 232 pp. $35.00. ISBN: 978‐0‐23‐121587‐90
Is the US Supreme Court a reliable backstop for an overreaching US president? Maybe, but is an overreaching (partisan) court worse?0
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Presidential Extra‐Territorialization: How Presidents Go Abroad to Bypass Domestic Constraint0
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Fundraiser in Chief: Presidents and the Politics of Campaign CashBy Brendan J.Doherty, Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. 2023. pp. 197.0
Executive Orders Under Judicial Scrutiny: The Role of Partisanship in Judicial Outcomes0
American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews0
To caucus or primary? Why state parties change their presidential nomination contests0
What causes threats directed at the president?0
Presidential Messages on Legislation and the Congressional Targets of Lobbying0
The Power of Presidential Partisanship: Going Public on Court Reform0
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Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy By Stephen F.Knott, Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. 2022. pp. 2800
Do White House Chiefs of Staff “manage up”?0
The tone of the president's immigration rhetoric0
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President Ford, the ASALH, and the political origins of black history month0
The Contemporary Presidency: Which presidents win more or less than expected in Congress? A Biden update0
Tweeter‐in‐chief: Dynamics of Trump's populist campaign against the Fed0
Presidential hawkishness, domestic popularity, and diplomatic normalization0
Creating the executive budget process: What was Congress thinking?0
The Republican Evolution: From Governing Party to Antigovernment Party, 1860–2020 By KennethJanda, New York: Columbia University Press. 2022. pp. 3440
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Barack Obama and the Politics of Military Force, 2009–20120
To preserve, release, and litigate: Dimensions of executive branch transparency0
Little Helpers: Harry Vaughan, His Cronies, and Corruption in the Truman AdministrationBy John RobertGreene, Columbia MS: University of Missouri Press, 2024. pp. 177.0
Unilateral Power for Saving Lives: Presidential Policymaking Under COVID‐190
The Year that Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968By Luke A.Nichter, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2023. 396 pp. $24.00. ISBN: 978‐0300280135.0
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Abiding Influence: Presidents, Nationalist Beliefs, and US Policy in the Asia Pacific, 1898−1972 By Guiseppe Paparella. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2025. 255 pp.0
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Electing presidents: A hidden facet of democratization0
The biggest losers: Legacy, exigence, and apologia in presidential farewell addresses0
The Public's Premium: George W. Bush's Symbiosis of the Rhetorical Presidency and the Unitary Executive0
Tracks on the Trail: Popular Music, Race, and the US Presidency By DanaGorzelany‐Mostak, Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press, 2023. 226 pp. $29.95 (Paperback). ISBN: 978‐0‐47‐205616‐30
The case for agency: Three dimensions of discretion in presidential agenda construction0
The Historical Presidency: Eisenhower's Crusaders: District Court Appointments as Civil Rights Policy, 1953–19610
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National security in presidential time: The politics of the National Security Council0
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Career motives of presidential appointees and agency communication across American states0
Presidential Leadership and Legislative Polarization0
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Jimmy Carter's cold war legacy0
Analyzing arguments in executive veto messages0
Presidential Accountability in Wartime: President Bush, The Treatment of Detainees, and the Laws of War. By StuartStreichler. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2023. 294 pp.0
The Historical Presidency: Rethinking the origins of national security classification0
The Democrats in Turmoil: The Bitter Fights to Select a Presidential Nominee, 1896–1924 By Bradley C.Nahrstadt, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2025. 356 pp. $120. ISBN: 979‐8‐76‐513244‐9.0
Constitutional Ambiguity and the Interpretation of Presidential Power. By Richard W.Waterman, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2025. 324 pp.0
Escaping isolation: Harry Truman and the sources of modern presidential authority0
A Case of Command: The Emancipation Proclamation as a Last Resort0
Presidential Strategies in Statements of Administration Policy0
Strategic Responsiveness: How Congress Confronts Presidential Power. By Scott H.Ainsworth, Brian M.Harward, and Kenneth W.Moffett. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2025. 1960
The Isolated Presidency. By Jordan T.Cash, New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. 272 pp. $45. ISBN: 978‐0‐19‐766977‐80
Comparing the impact of Joe Biden and Donald Trump on popular attitudes toward their parties0
The Upcoming Insignificance of the American Presidency: Flouting the Framer's Forewarning. By Wilbur C.Rich. New York, NY: Routledge, 2024. 216 pp0
“A No Man's Land Somewhere Between the Legislative and Executive Branch”: John C. Calhoun, John Nance Garner, and the Creation of the Modern Vice Presidency0
Assessing Presidential Greatness in a Polarized Moment: Analyzing the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Survey0
Acting(s) without consequence: The (lack of) public costs for vacancies and acting officials0
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Progressive Presidents, New Empire, and the Enduring Frontier Myth0
Gender and moral language on the presidential campaign trail0
War power through restraint: The politics of unilateral military action after 19450
Perception and Mobilization of “Truth”: January 6, 2021, Stop the Steal, and Social Media0
The strongman presidency and the two logics of presidential power0
The Black President: Hope and Fury in the Age of ObamaBy Claude A.Clegg, III, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2021. pp. 672.0
President Trump and the Shallow State: Disloyalty at the Highest Levels0
Molly Dewson, the women's division, and grassroots presidential campaigning during the New Deal0
The Historical Presidency: “Something uniquely sinister in U.S. history”: New evidence on the Truman administration's 1951 investigation of the China Lobby0
Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. By Thomas J. Balcerski New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 350 pp.0
Polls and Precision Strikes: Electoral Origins of High‐Tech Warfighting0
Presidential Appointments of Military Veterans0
The problematic but seductive call of prerogative power0
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Blessing America First: Religion, Populism, and Foreign Policy in the Trump Administration. By David T.Buckley, New York: Columbia University Press, 2024. 305 pp. $32.00. ISBN: 978‐0‐23‐120755‐3.0
Breaking New Ground: Field Office Strategies in the 2024 Presidential Election0
One President at a Time? How the President‐Elect Shapes U.S. Foreign Policy during the Transition0
Reconsidering Bellwether Locations in U.S. Presidential Elections0
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The Historical Presidency: “Giving government to business”: Dwight Eisenhower and the Federal Highway Act0
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The Historical Presidency: I like Ike: The origins of broadcast presidential campaign advertising0
Legislative responses to shared executive authority: How the prospects for executive branch coordination affect congressional budgetary authority under separated powers0
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Public support for vice presidential reform0
Going green or making green? The effects of partisanship and inflation on environmental executive orders, 1945−20200
The Presidency and the American State: Leadership and Decision Making in the Adams, Grant, and Taft Administrations By Stephen J.Rockwell, Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2023. 352 0
This Crisis Is Different: Weakened Economic Accountability During the COVID‐19 Pandemic0
The Last Liberal Republican: An Insider's Perspective on Nixon's Surprising Social Policy By John RoyPrice, Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. 2021. pp. 4000
An Analysis of Polling Performance in the 2024 US Presidential Election0
Tribal coalitions and lobbying outcomes: Evidence from administrative rulemaking0
Presidential particularism, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and the Biden administration0
The President and the Supreme Court: Going Public on Judicial Decisions from Washington to Trump. By Paul M. Collins, Jr. and Matthew Eshbaugh‐Soha Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 267 pp.0
Veto rhetoric: A leadership strategy for divided governmentBy SamuelKernell, Thousand Oaks, CA: CQ Press. 2024. pp. 2180
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Presidential Strategy amidst the “Broken” Appointments Process0
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Secrets and transparency: The Office of Strategic Information and the first freedom of information law0
Energy Crises: Nixon, Ford, Carter and Hard Choices in the 1970s. By Jay Hakes Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2021. 412 pp.0
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The Stuck Electorate: Polarization, Nationalization, and the Consolidation of Party in the Trump Era0
What Does the American Presidency Mean? The Need for Interpretation in Presidency Studies By RichardHoltzman, New York: Routledge, 2024. 140 pp. paperback $43.99. ISBN: 978‐1‐03‐276915‐8, hardback $140
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Who Sponsors the President's Program in the Opposition's House?0
Implementing Executive Orders in the Administrative State0
Response and Diversion: Unilateral Action in Times of Economic Crisis0
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